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Stanley John Reed
Nickname(s ) Bertie Nationality South African Born (1943-01-19 ) 19 January 1943Port Elizabeth , South AfricaDied 18 December 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 63 )Gordon's Bay , South Africa
Stanley John Reed (more commonly known as Bertie Reed ; 19 January 1943 – 18 December 2006) was a South African yachtsman. He was the first South African to complete three singlehanded circumnavigations.[1]
Reed was born in Port Elizabeth in 1943.[2]
He joined the South African Navy in 1961 and served for 21 years. He started sailing whilst in the Navy.[3]
In the 1982/83 BOC Challenge race he placed second in the Knysna built yacht, Voortrekker .[2] [1]
In the 1986–87 race he was placed 7th, sailing Stabilo Boss ,[4] Maiden
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.[3]
In 2006 he was inducted into the Single-Handed Sailors' Hall of Fame.[5] [6] [7]
He received Springbok colours 5 times for sailing.[2]
He died at his home in Gordon's Bay [2] [8]
In 2009 a bronze bust of Bertie Reed, by local Cape Town sculptor Charl Frank, was unveiled at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront by Sir Robin Knox-Johnson .[3]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Stone, Keith (12 August 2009). "Bertie Reed – The Legend Lives On" . SA Navy. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014 .
^ "The BOC Challenge 1986–1987 Results" . Retrieved 29 November 2018 .
^ "Bertie Reed – Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014 .
^ Chisholm, Fiona (8 June 2006). "US award for solo SA sailing hero" . IOL. Retrieved 1 April 2014 .
^ Santos, Sally Ann. "2006 Inductees SingleHanded Sailors Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014 .
^ Boyd, James (22 December 2006). "South African solo round the world sailor Bertie Reed loses his fight with cancer" . Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014 .
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