Richard Bertram

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Richard Bertram

Richard Bertram at helm of sailboat, FINISTERRE, during Bermuda Race
Born (1916-02-04)4 February 1916
East Orange, New Jersey
Died 28 April 2000(2000-04-28) (aged 84)
Stuart, Florida
Occupation Sailor, boat builder and yacht broker
Spouse(s) Katherine Ivins Bertram (m. 1946–51)
Pauline Meagher Bertram (m. 1952–67)
Lenore Lonergan (m. 1972–87)
Francesca Morales Bertram (m. 1994)
Children Charlotte Bertram
Gretchen Bertram Whalen
Kim Bertram
Scott Bertram
Anne Bertram Endler
Caroline Bertram
Morgan Bertram
Colin Bertram
Digby Bertram
Madelaine Bertram Osborne
Relatives Katharine Whalen(granddaughter)
John Holzman (stepson)

Richard Howard "Dick" Bertram (4 February 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a champion sailor on powerboats and racing yachts and a leading boat builder and broker.[1] Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Bertram learned to sail at a young age with his parents on the waters of Barnegat Bay. He owned his first boat at age 8, sailed in his first race at age 10 and was skipper of intercollegiate championship boats while attending Cornell University.[2] After college, Bertram continued competing in numerous races throughout the world and was notably referred to by Sports Illustrated as "one of the finest ocean racers anywhere".[3] In 1947, Bertram relocated to Miami, FL, where he opened Richard Bertram & Company, a successful yacht brokerage firm.[4] Among his clients were Aristotle Onassis, the Aga Khan, King Hussein of Jordan and Prince Bertil of Sweden.[5] With his yacht brokerage business successful, Bertram continued racing and set standards in the World Offshore Powerboat circuit.[6] Often, he raced in his own 31' Bertram Lucky Moppie.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/sports/richard-bertram-84-builder-and-sailor-of-racing-yachts.html
  2. ↑ Patten, David A. and Jeffrey L. Rodengen. The Legend of Bertram. Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc., 2000
  3. ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1132689/index.htm
  4. ↑ Patten, David A. and Jeffrey L. Rodengen. The Legend of Bertram. Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc., 2000
  5. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/sports/richard-bertram-84-builder-and-sailor-of-racing-yachts.html
  6. ↑ http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=C33846CB-CC41-8EBD-5C923B5192F9F7BE
  7. ↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875827,00.html
  8. ↑ McKenna, Robert. The Dictionary of Nautical Literacy. Robert McKenna/The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003, p. 33. ISBN 0-07-136211-8
  9. ↑ http://stkildaboatsales.com.au/caribbean-boats
  10. ↑ http://www.bertram.com/timeline.cfm
  11. ↑ http://historicraceboats.com/worldchampions.htm#other
  12. ↑ http://www.nmma.org/awards/?WinnerId=408
  13. ↑ http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/article/News/Paul-Kuck-and-Richard-Bertram-inducted-into-NMMA-Hall-of-Fame
  14. ↑ http://www.bbshf.org/inductees.shtml

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