Flyer (yacht) explained

Flyer
Other Names:	Alaska Eagle
Nat:
Launched:	1977
Skip:	Conny van Rietschoten
Wins:	1977–78 Whitbread

Flyer (also known as Alaska Eagle 1981–2013) is a 65feet one-off aluminium ocean racing ketch 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

Source:^[3]

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

Notes and References

Web site: Blogger.
http://flyer-one.nl/
Web site: Eight Bells: Conny van Rietschoten >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 18 December 2013.