Condor 40 Tri Buyer's Guide
Shopping for a used Condor 40 Tri on the brokerage market means chasing one of just 22 trimarans built by Condor Limited from 1985, a 41-foot-6-inch fiberglass daggerboard cruiser-racer designed by Phil Herting and Mick Price. These boats left the Annapolis plant as "full loaded, sailaway" packages, so most survivors arrive with a deep factory equipment list already aboard — but the small build number means each sale is a singular negotiation, not a commodity purchase.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Condor 40 came from the factory as a fully equipped trimaran with a 28-foot-2-inch beam and a daggerboard lifting from 1 foot 10 inches to 7 feet 8 inches, so a buyer should expect a wide, shallow-draft hull rather than a narrow coastal cruiser. The original owner's only choice was color, with radar and similar items deletable from the sailaway price.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Factory literature listed extensive originally installed hardware, so most boats retain a deep inventory of sails, engine, and systems. A buyer should confirm which included options such as radar were deleted, since that affects value.
What to Inspect
One hull, Midnight Oil, was ripped from its slip by Hurricane Fran on September 6, 1996, and shoved miles upriver into trees — so at a viewing, climb the ama tips and crossbeam roots to feel for hardened repair filler and look for scraped gelcoat where a tree or bank struck. Another hull, Man-o-War, hit a freighter 400 miles off England on May 12, 1988, and came home missing 10 feet of the starboard ama with a crushed bow; sight each ama for equal length and tap the bow laminate for dead-sounding patches that betray an unreported collision rebuild.
Buyer's Takeaway
- Confirm the hull's name and number against the early Condor Limited owner list
- Sight each ama for length match and probe bow for prior collision repair
- Check crossbeam and ama attachments for hurricane-or-grounding impact signs
- Verify factory sailaway inventory is present or accounted for as deleted
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Condor 40 Tri. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 | 1 | $55,000 | — |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $55,000 | 0.0% |
Comparable models
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3 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance 40 | 40.42' | $ 112,337 | 35 | 3 |
| Manta 40 | 39.67' | $ 200,000 | 22 | 4 |
| Pogo 40 | 39.96' | $ 180,419 | 19 | 6 |