Alaska Eagle

An update for all you Eagle fans.

Flyer flies again: Conny van Rietschoten's yacht restored Barry Pickthall went aboard Flyer, winner of the 1977/78 Whitbread Round the World Race, now restored by a Dutch charity

Where is your favorite boat?

Yep! It's here. Check out Andy Turpin's article and the memories you sent. It's a fun walk down memory lane.

Latitude 38 - The West's Leading Sailing and Marine Magazine Latitude 38, The West's Premier Sailing and Marine Magazine. We go where the wind blows.

'Lectronic Latitude 38 Magazine is looking for memories of sailing adventures aboard Alaska Eagle to publish in their Feb. edition. Send your stories to: [email protected]. I'll bet they could do an entire issue on your tales.
We can't wait to read them!

Brad says it well.

Remember trusty boat, beautiful ports and great friends I took a last stroll around the deck of Alaska Eagle today. Every step, every hand rail felt familiar, as they do after finishing a long voyage.

Circle of life ... Alaska Eagle will return to her native Holland. I can't think of a better place for her to go. Good voyages to all of you who joined us over the years. Her slip may be empty but the memories are full.

OCC is losing its sailing symbol The Alaska Eagle has proudly displayed the Orange Coast College flag on its stern for 32 years and more than 290,000 miles.

Oh the places we've been.

As promised and with thanks to Kimball, here is his great article.

Warhorse | Sail Magazine As community sailing centers go, the Orange Coast College School of Sailing & Seamanship is quite a bit more than the ordinary. Now, however, it is time to begin a long goodbye to a centerpiece of the program, round-the-world race winner Alaska Eagle, a boat that in its second life has defined long-...

Guess the year! Photo credit revealed when the correct date is guessed. (Can't give you any hints.) Hurry though, I've got a great piece done by Kimball Livingston which will run in Sail that I want to post.

Who sailed with Lydia? Here's a note from her. Find her at the reunion.
From 1983 to 1991, I voyaged as far north as Glacier Bay and as far south as the Marquesas as first mate on Alaska Eagle—some of the best adventures of my life. I bought my own boat in 1992 (an S&S design, of course), sailed her to Europe and back (more great adventures), and sold her in 2006. In 2010, I was honored to be invited back aboard the Eagle (after 19 years!) for Leg 1 from Newport Beach to Rapa Nui. These days, I’m more likely to go hiking than sailing, and my sextant gets used for the likes of the transit of Venus, but my miles on Alaska Eagle shaped me, and I’m grateful.