Richard Howard " Dick " Bertram (February 4, 1916 - April 28, 2000) is a champion sailor in powerboats and racing yachts and a leading ship builder and broker. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Bertram learned to sail at a young age with his parents in the waters of Barnegat Bay. He owns his first boat at the age of 8, sailing in his first race at the age of 10 and capturing inter-college championship vessels while attending Cornell University. After college, Bertram continues to compete in various races around the world and is especially referred to by Sports Illustrated as "one of the best maritime racers anywhere". In 1947, Bertram moved to Miami, FL, where he opened Richard Bertram & amp; The company, a successful yacht brokerage company. Among his clients were Aristotle Onassis, Aga Khan, King Hussein of Jordan and Prince Bertil of Sweden. With its successful brokerage yacht business, Bertram continued the race and set the standard on the offshore Powerboat World Circuit. Often, he races himself 'Bertram Lucky Moppie . He founded Bertram Yacht, a production production ship producer based in Miami, in 1960. Bertram Yacht started the first major production of the ship with C. Raymond Hunt a revolutionary deep-in hull design. In 1963 Richard Bertram licensed the International Marine of Scoresby, Victoria, Australia to manufacture the Bertram submarine; 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.
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Races
- Lightning World 1948, Champion
- Lightning World 1949, Champion
- Southern Ocean Racing Conference 1949, Champion Little 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 Doodle II
- Miami-Nassau Race 1957, Champion Doodle III
- Newport - Bermuda Race (Bermuda Race) 1958, Champion Finisterre
- American 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
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Awards
- Offshore Racing World Champion 1965
- NMMA (National Association of Marine Producers) 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee
- Barnegat Bay Sailing Hall of Fame 2008 Inaugurated
References
Further reading
- Bertram, Kate and Richard Bertram. Caribbean Cruise . The story of their journey from New York to West Indies and their five years in the tropics. W.W. Norton 1948
External links
- Richard Bertram Life and Times
- Bertram 31
- Nassau Race Cup
- Bermuda Competition
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