Bertie Reed

Stanley John Reed

Bust of Bertie Reed at the V&A Waterfront
Personal information
Nickname(s) Bertie
Biltong Bertie
Nationality South African
Born (1943-01-19)19 January 1943
Port Elizabeth
Died 18 December 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 63)
Gordon's Bay

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.[1]

Life

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] At the time Voortrekker was 14years old and considered obsolete.[1]

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.[4][5][6]

He received Springbok colours 5 times for sailing.[2]

Death

He died at his home in Gordon's Bay[2] from cancer.[7]

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

  1. 1 2 "Remembering Bertie Reed". Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Williams, Roger (19 December 2006). "SA skipper Bertie Reed dies at 63". IOL. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Stone, Keith (12 August 2009). "Bertie Reed – The Legend Lives On". SA Navy. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bertie Reed – Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Chisholm, Fiona (8 June 2006). "US award for solo SA sailing hero". IOL. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Santos, Sally Ann. "2006 Inductees SingleHanded Sailors Hall of Fame". Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Boyd, James (22 December 2006). "South African solo round the world sailor Bertie Reed loses his fight with cancer". Retrieved 1 April 2014.


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