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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.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/sports/richard-bertram-84-builder-and-sailor-of-racing-yachts.html 〕 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.〔Patten, David A. and Jeffrey L. Rodengen. ''The Legend of Bertram''. Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc., 2000〕 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".〔http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1132689/index.htm〕 In 1947, Bertram relocated to Miami, FL, where he opened Richard Bertram & Company, a successful yacht brokerage firm.〔Patten, David A. and Jeffrey L. Rodengen. ''The Legend of Bertram''. Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc., 2000〕 Among his clients were Aristotle Onassis, the Aga Khan, King Hussein of Jordan and Prince Bertil of Sweden.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/sports/richard-bertram-84-builder-and-sailor-of-racing-yachts.html〕 With his yacht brokerage business successful, Bertram continued racing and set standards in the World Offshore Powerboat circuit.〔http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=C33846CB-CC41-8EBD-5C923B5192F9F7BE〕 Often, he raced in his own 31' Bertram ''Lucky Moppie''.〔http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875827,00.html〕 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.〔McKenna, Robert. ''The Dictionary of Nautical Literacy''. Robert McKenna/The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003, p. 33. ISBN 0-07-136211-8〕 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.〔http://stkildaboatsales.com.au/caribbean-boats〕〔http://www.bertram.com/timeline.cfm〕 ==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'' 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「Richard Bertram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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