Flyer (yacht)

Flyer
Nation  Netherlands
 United States
Launched 1977
Racing career
Skippers Conny van Rietschoten
Notable victories 1977–78 Whitbread

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

1977–78 Flyer crew

[3]

  • Conny van Rietschoten – Skipper
  • 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

  1. ↑ http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.fi/2011/03/design-2273-flyer.html
  2. ↑ http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/presszone/en/14_History-40-years-of-life-at-the-extreme.html
  3. ↑ http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2013/12/18/eight-bells-conny-van-rietschoten/
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