Styx is a Warwick Hood 40-Footer designed with no consideration for IOR rule. Accommodation aboard is for Pygmies only. Downwind, Styx is a flyer, and with a crew similar to that of when she competed in 1982 should again prove her speed if conditions are favourable. A blow like 1984 could well see Styx first back to Sydney. As a good handicap result is impossible due to rating, Joe Abrahams will be pushing hard for a high line honours result.