Flyer (yacht)

Flyer (also known as Alaska Eagle 1981-2013) is a 20-metre (65 ft) one-off aluminium ocean racing ketch designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Jachtwerf W. Huisman.[1][2] She won the 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Conny van Rietschoten.[3]

Flyer
Nation Netherlands
 United States
Launched1977
Racing career
SkippersConny van Rietschoten
Notable victories1977–78 Whitbread

1977–78 Flyer crew[4]
  • Conny van Rietschoten – Skipper
  • Gerard (Gerry) Dijkstra – Navigator/Watchleader
  • Aedgard Koekebakker – Watchleader
  • John Anderson
  • Bruce Ashwood
  • Bert Dykema – Doctor
  • Adrian Ford – Sailmaker
  • Billy Johnson
  • Marcel Laurin – Cook
  • Chris Moselen
  • Ari Steinberg
  • Rod White
  • Hugh Wilson – Shipwright

References

Barry Pickthall; Cornelis van Rietschoten (1979), Flyer: the quest to win the Round-the-World Race, Stanford Maritime, ISBN 9780540071845

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  2. "Design Section - Sparkman & Stephens Round-the-World ketch", Boating, Ziff-David Publishing Company, vol. 43, no. 2, March 1978
  3. http://flyer-one.nl/
  4. "Eight Bells: Conny van Rietschoten >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 18 December 2013.
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