- Source: 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. She won the 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Conny van Rietschoten.
1977–78 Flyer crew
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References
Barry Pickthall; Cornelis van Rietschoten (1979), Flyer: the quest to win the Round-the-World Race, Stanford Maritime, ISBN 9780540071845