Flyer (yacht)

Flyer

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

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]

1977–78 Flyer crew

Source:^[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

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