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Condor (yacht), the Glossary

Condor is a maxi sailing yacht designed for racing and built in 1981 by Killian Bushe at Kiwi Boats U.K.,in Penryn Penryn, England.^[1]

Airlie Beach, Queensland

Airlie Beach is a coastal locality and resort town in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers.

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Condor of Bermuda

Condor of Bermuda is a maxi yacht campaigning under the leadership and funding of London-based international businessman Bob Bell. Condor (yacht) and Condor of Bermuda are Fastnet Race yachts, individual sailing vessels, maxi yachts, sailing yachts built in the United Kingdom, sailing yachts of Bermuda and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts.

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Fastnet Race

The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France.

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Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately.

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Hamilton, Bermuda

The City of Hamilton, in Pembroke Parish, is the territorial capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.

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International Offshore Rule

The International Offshore Rule (IOR) was a measurement rule for racing sailboats.

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Kevlar

Kevlar (para-aramid) is a strong, heat-resistant synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora.

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L. Gardner and Sons

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Maxi yacht

A maxi yacht usually refers to a racing yacht of at least in length.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Penryn, Cornwall

Penryn (Pennrynn, meaning 'promontory') is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Ron Holland

Ronald John Holland (born 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a yacht designer, who came to prominence in the 1970s with his successful racing designs, and is now best known for his superyachts such as Mirabella V and Ethereal.

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Space frame

In architecture and structural engineering, a space frame or space structure (3D truss) is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern.

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Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales, on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Ted Turner

Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Whitsunday Islands

The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Brisbane.

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Yacht racing

Yacht racing is a sailing sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats, as distinguished from dinghy racing, which involves open boats.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_(yacht)

Also known as CONDOR.

Condor (yacht), the Glossary

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