C Van Rietschoten Esq

C Van Rietschoten Esq
First name:C
Surname:Van Rietschoten
Post-nominals:Esq
Year elected:1979
Last year on list:1990
MembershipForeign
Dutch businessman, born 1926, died 2013, who won the Whitbread Round the World Race twice (1977-8 and 1981-2), the only competitor ever to do so.

The photograph shows him on his return to Rotterdam after his second Whitbread Race victory in April 1982. Photo: Rob C. Croes / Anefo (Nationaal Archief, Netherlands)

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Maze Yawl .... 1990  
Flyer Sloop .... 1990  

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