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2 boats named "Condor (2)":

Condor, K 707
à jour au: 2014
1976 Plan John Sharp, Builder Bowman Construction Ship Yard, UK, LOA: 23.47m

1976 Owner: Bob Bell

Heath Condor, KB 707
1977 First yacht to race with a carbon fibre mast
Whitbread Round-The-Race: 15e/15 en 144d00h temps réel, rating IOR: 65.5', Leslie Williams & Robin Knox-Johnston
Photos extraites du livre "Un Siécle de Voile" de O. Le Carrer

Condor of Bermuda is a polished mahogany race boat; and is often confused with its successor, Condor (sometimes referred to as Condor II , which was of Kevlar and composite construction, and slightly larger, due to IOR rule changes. The two boats were colloquially known as The Grand Piano and Plastic Condor or the Brown Bus by those who had sailed on both.It was the in 1977 in the Whitbread Around the world Race.
After developing a substantial lead, Heath's Condor was ultimately uncompetitive in the first leg (UK to Cape Town), due to a catastrophic rig failure.
Won the second leg (Cape Town to Auckland, New Zealand)
Second in the third leg (cracked mast)(Auckland to Rio de Janeiro)
First in the fourth (final leg) (Rio de Janeiro to Portsmouth)

Picture from the book "L'Année Bateaux 1977-78",

19?? Heather Cup – Auckland Anniversary Regatta: 1st/??

Condor Of Bermuda, KB 78

1979 Heather Cup – Auckland Anniversary Regatta: 1st/??
10 March, Jamaica Race, 811 NM, 1st on line honnor: ?e/8, Peter BLACK
Fastnet race: 8e/305, line honours in record time
Octobre "Bateaux",

Photo extraite du livre "Un Siécle de Voile" de O. Le Carrer

"Offshore Sydney Hobart Race Program",

26 December, Sydney to Hobart: 103e/147 IOR, corrected time 3d13h23', TCF: 1.0667
"Offshore" February 1980,

1980 Damaged on a reef in Tahiti. Salvaged, rebuilt, and re-campaigned,
September "Boating and Seacraft"



Octobre "Vela",

Condor Of Bermuda, KB 78

1981 Picture from "Sydney-Hobart official programme",

26 December, Sydney to Hobart: 99e/139 IOR, corrected time 4d08h14', TCF: 1.0563, Bob BELL, (which was the closest ever finish, winning by just 7 seconds against Apollo III during a gruelling match race up the River Derwent)

Condor

1982 September, Big Boat Series, San Francisco: 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 2e/?, Bob BELL

1994 "Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Official Programme",

26 December, Sydney to Hobart: 126e/236, corrected time 3d05h47', TCF: ?, Bob BELL

2009 August, seen in Thailand, Yacht Haven Marina, coming out of refit, picture from wingssail-images,

2014 DailySail, Heath’s Condor - 79ft John Sharp design From Andrew Troup (2/10/12): Heath's Condor was renamed Condor of Bermuda (ref wikipedia entry under this name) and later had a cabin added, effectively becoming a cruising/charter yacht. Last seen in 2009 in Thailand.