''Flyer'' (also known as ''Alaska Eagle'' 1981-2013) is a one-off aluminium ocean racing ketch designed by

Sparkman & Stephens Sparkman & Stephens is a naval architecture and yacht brokerage firm with offices in Newport, Rhode Island and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The firm performs design and engineering of new and existing vessels for pleasure, commercial, and milita ...

and built by

Jachtwerf W. Huisman Royal Huisman is a Dutch shipbuilding company that specializes in the newbuild construction and refit, rebuild and renewal of sailing and motor yachts. The shipyard was established in 1884 in Ronduite as a builder of wooden workboats and fishin ...

. She won the 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by

Conny van Rietschoten Cornelis "Conny" van Rietschoten (23 March 1926 – 17 December 2013) was a Dutch yacht skipper who was the only skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race twice. Background Born in Rotterdam, Van Rietschoten had been sailing since he w ...

1977–78 ''Flyer'' crew

– 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

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