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Stanley John Reed, more commonly known as Bertie Reed was a South African yachtsman. He was the first South African to complete three singlehanded circumnavigations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Remembering Bertie Reed )〕 ==Life== Reed was born in Port Elizabeth in 1943.〔 He joined the South African Navy in 1961 and served for 21 years. He started sailing whilst in the Navy. In the 1982/83 BOC Challenge race he placed second in the Knysna built yacht, Voortrekker. At the time Voortrekker was 14years old and considered obsolete.〔 He was awarded South Africa's highest civilian award for bravery, the Wolraad Woltemade Decoration for his rescue of sailor John Martin whose yacht sank after hitting a submerged iceberg in the Southern Ocean during the 1990–91 BOC Challenge.〔 In 2006 he was inducted into the Single-Handed Sailors' Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Bertie Reed – Hall of Fame )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2006 Inductees SingleHanded Sailors Hall of Fame )〕 He received Springbok colours 5 times for sailing.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bertie Reed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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