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Flyer II (yacht)
''Flyer II'' is a yacht. She won the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Conny van Rietschoten. 1981–82 ''Flyer II'' crew *Conny van Rietschoten – Skipper *Aedgard Koekebakker – Watchleader *Erle Williams – Watchleader/Shipwright *Daniel Wlochovski – Navigator/Electrician *Joey Allen (sailor), Joey Allen *Patrick Antelme – Cook *Bill Biewenga *Warwick Buckley *Grant Dalton – Sailmaker *Lobo Fischer *Julian Fuller – Doctor *Steve Harrison – Rigger *George Hendy *Roger Janes *Russell Pickthall – Sailmaker *Dirk Reidel *Michel Santander * Onne van der Wal – Engineer/Photographer *John Vitali References {{Volvo Ocean Race winning yachts Volvo Ocean Race yachts Sailing yachts of the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 was three, and continued until tuberculosis interrupted both his sailing and business career in the early 1960s. He spent a year recovering in a Swiss sanatorium, and then threw all his energies into developing the family electrical engineering business, Van Rietschoten & Houwens. A circumnavigation was something his father, Jan Jacob, had always wanted to do but never found the time. Whitbread Round the World Race At 45, the industrialist had retired from active business and was looking for a fresh challenge. He had read reports about the first Whitbread Race, saw it as the opportunity of a lifetime – and grabbed it with both hands. Van Rietschoten was unknown as a sailor even in his own waters before competing in the 1977–78 Whitbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erle Williams
Erle may refer to: Places * Erle, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia * Erle, California, a former settlement in the United States * Erle (river), a river of Thuringia, Germany *, a borough of the German city of Gelsenkirchen *, a village in the German municipality of Raesfeld Given name *Erle Bartley (1922–1983), American agricultural scientist * Erle C. Ellis, American scientist * Erle Elsworth Clippinger (1864–1933), writer of children's literature, educator, and a grammaticist *Erle Cocke Jr. (1921–2000), American businessman * Erle Cox (1873–1950), Australian journalist and science fiction writer * Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970), American lawyer and author of detective stories * Erle P. Halliburton (1892–1957), American businessman *Erle Harstad (born 1990), Norwegian figure skater *Erle C. Kenton (1896–1980), American film director * Erle V. Painter (1881–1968), American chiropractor and athletic trainer * Erle Reiter (1916–2008), American figure skater * Erle Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Allen (sailor)
Joey Allen is a New Zealand sailor who competed in multiple America's Cups. Born in Te Awamutu, Allen sailed in the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race on the winner, '' Flyer II''. In 1984 Allen finished second in the 470 World Championships alongside Chris Dickson. He crewed boats that won the ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship in 1988 and 1990. He sailed on ''Yamaha'' in the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race. He then joined Team New Zealand and was the bowman on ''NZL 32'' when it won the 1995 America's Cup. Allen was part of Team New Zealand's successful defence at the 2000 America's Cup. He then became a coach and was with the team for their 2003 and 2007 America's Cup campaigns. He joined Oracle Racing for their 2010 America's Cup campaign, before returning to coach Team New Zealand at the 2013 America's Cup The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay on September 2013. The series was contested between the defend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Dalton
Grant Stanley Dalton (born 1 July 1957) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in five Whitbread Round the World Races and currently manages Team New Zealand. Background Dalton is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in the P Class and soon started racing as a member of Maraetai Sailing Club. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1995 New Year Honours, for services to yachting. He was shortlisted in 2001 by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards. His other passion away from sailing is motor racing; as an avid F1 fan and with life with Emirates Team New Zealand more settled than a round-the-world campaign, he can now race on the New Zealand motor racing circuit. Sailing career Offshore racing Grant Dalton has raced around the world seven times; the first five as part of the Whitbread Round the World Race later to be called the Volvo Ocean Race. This race has evolved through this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onne Van Der Wal
Onne van der Wal is a Dutch marine photographer and writer. Onne van der Wal Photography Gallery is named after him. Early life and career Born in the Netherlands, Onne van der Wal relocated to South Africa with his family as a toddler in 1959. He lived in the then apartheid-governed country until he completed his education in 1979. He is trained as a machinist. His career began in sailing, but after a pivotal encounter with a ''Sail Magazine'' editor in 1981. He was on board '' Flyer II'' which won the 1981–1982 Whitbread Round the World Race. In 1980, van der Wal visited Newport, Rhode Island with a friend and decided to settle there by 1985. Following an initial stint in the marine trade, he pivoted towards professional photography, encouraged by fellow sailor, Jim Adams. In 1987, he founded Onne van der Wal Photography, establishing his first Newport gallery in the early 2000s, later relocating to Banister's Wharf. His business includes conducting photography work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvo Ocean Race Yachts
The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems and financial services. In 2016, it was the world's second-largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks. Automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars, also based in Gothenburg, was part of AB Volvo until 1999, when it was sold to the Ford Motor Company. Since 2010 Volvo Cars has been owned by the automotive company Geely Holding Group. Both AB Volvo and Volvo Cars share the Volvo logo and cooperate in running the Volvo Museum in Sweden. The corporation was first listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1935, and was on the NASDAQ indices from 1985 to 2007. Volvo was established in 1915 as a subsidiary of SKF, a ball bearing manufact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
