Richard Bertram

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Richard Bertram
East Orange, New Jersey
Died28 April 2000(2000-04-28) (aged 84)
Stuart, Florida
Occupation(s)Sailor, boat builder and yacht broker
Spouses
Katherine Ivins Bertram
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(m. 1946⁠–⁠1951)​
Pauline Meagher Bertram
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(m. 1952⁠–⁠1967)​
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(m. 1972⁠–⁠1987)​
Francesca Morales Bertram
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(m. 1994)​
ChildrenCharlotte Bertram
Gretchen Bertram Whalen
Kim Bertram
Scott Bertram
Anne Bertram Endler
Caroline Bertram
Morgan Bertram
Colin Bertram
Digby Bertram
Madelaine Bertram Osborne
RelativesKatharine Whalen(granddaughter)
John Holzman (stepson)

Richard Howard Bertram (4 February 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a champion sailor on powerboats and racing yachts and a leading boat builder and broker.

King Hussein of Jordan and Prince Bertil of Sweden.[1] With his yacht brokerage business successful, Bertram continued racing and set standards in the World Offshore Powerboat circuit.[4] Often, he raced in his own 31' Bertram Lucky Moppie.[5] He founded Bertram Yacht, a Miami-based manufacturer of production pleasure boats, in 1960. Bertram Yacht began the first large production runs of boats with C. Raymond Hunt's revolutionary deep-V hull design.[6] In 1963 Richard Bertram licensed International Marine of Scoresby, Victoria, Australia to manufacture Bertram yachts; however, he left Bertram Yacht in 1964 to focus on his brokerage business, and Bertram Yacht changed ownership several times in the decades after that.[7][8]

Races

  • Lightning World 1948, Champion
  • Lightning World 1949, Champion
  • Southern Ocean Racing Conference 1949, Champion Tiny Teal
  • Southern Ocean Racing Conference 1950, Champion Ticonderoga
  • Southern Ocean Racing Conference 1951, Champion Belle of the West
  • Havana-San Sebastian Transatlantic Race 1951, Champion Malabar XIII
  • Cat Cay Race 1955, Champion Finisterre
  • Newport - Bermuda Race (
    Bermuda Race
    ) 1956, Champion Finisterre
  • Miami-Nassau Race 1956, Champion Doodles II
  • Miami-Nassau Race 1957, Champion Doodles III
  • Newport - Bermuda Race (
    Bermuda Race
    ) 1958, Champion Finisterre
  • America’s Cup
    1958 Vim
  • Newport - Bermuda Race (
    Bermuda Race
    ) 1960, Champion Finisterre
  • Miami-Nassau Race 1960 Champion Lucky Moppie
  • Miami-Nassau Race 1961, Champion Lucky Moppie
  • Miami-Nassau Race 1962, Champion Lucky Moppie
  • Miami-Nassau Race 1963, Champion Lucky Moppie
  • Miami-Nassau Race 1964, Second Place Lucky Moppie
  • Cowes Torquay Race 1965
  • Transatlantic Race Malabar VII
  • Transatlantic Race Ondinne

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Litsky, Frank (7 May 2000). "Richard Bertram, 84, Builder and Sailor of Racing Yachts". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b Patten, David A.; Rodengen, Jeffrey L. (2000). The Legend of Bertram. Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc.
  3. ^ Bowen, Ezra (4 February 1957). "Broadside From Dixie". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea™: A Sense of Participation". www.mysticseaport.org. Archived from the original on 2007-07-13.
  5. ^ "Powerboat Racing: V for Victory". Time. 17 April 1964. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.
  6. ISBN 0-07-136211-8
  7. ^ "Caribbean Boats - New & Used Boats, St Kilda Boat Sales Melbourne". stkildaboatsales.com.au. Archived from the original on 2011-11-22.
  8. ^ "History". www.bertram.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25.
  9. ^ "World Champions". Historic Offshore Race Boat Association. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Richard Bertram - A Closer Look". National Marine Manufacturers Association. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008.
  11. ^ "Paul Kuck and Richard Bertram inducted into NMMA Hall of Fame". Saltwater Sportsman. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Barnegat Bay Sailing Hall of Fame: Inductees". www.bbshf.org. Archived from the original on 11 August 2004.

Further reading

  • Bertram, Kate and Richard Bertram. Caribbean Cruise. A story of their voyage from New York to the West Indies and their five years in the tropics. W.W. Norton 1948

External links

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