Bertram 31 "surfrider"
04-19-2012 | 08:29 AM
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Bertram 31 "surfrider"
Hi from the other side of the Pond....
this is an urgent appeal to all you BERTRAM guys to help us track down the 1964 Cowes Torquay winner SURFRIDER.
This was the year Dick Bertram raced LUCKY MOPPIE both in the States and Europe...Surfrider was LM'S sister hull raced by the Gardner Bros and was bought at the end of the season by Bob Nordskog ( Powerboat Magazine)
“According to the book "Searace" by John Crouse, the 1964 Cowes-Torquay powerboat race on August 15, 1964, was won by the Bertram 31 "Surfrider" powered by twin 400 HP turbo-charged Daytona engines. It was owned/driven by Englishmen Charles and James Gardner who were identified as "friends and customers of Dick Bertram". Dick Bertram finished second in his 31 "Lucky Moppie" (he crossed the finish line first, but passed on the wrong side of the finish boat). Bob Nordskog (publisher of Powerboat Magazine) bought Surfrider and raced it to a 2nd in the '66 Long Beach-San Francisco race and a 3rd in the '67 Catalina Challenge. That's the last reference I could find on Surfrider in Crouse's comprehensive book on the history of offshore powerboat racing”…Now the story is she appeard for sale by YACHTWORLD circa 2000/2001 and we do not know if she sold and if the old or new owner was aware of her history....
She is one of the few boats surviving from the first 10 years of the CT so it would be good to find out if she is still with us.
Any one who may have info please contact me
Mike James at either www.classicoffshore.com or [email protected]
this is an urgent appeal to all you BERTRAM guys to help us track down the 1964 Cowes Torquay winner SURFRIDER.
This was the year Dick Bertram raced LUCKY MOPPIE both in the States and Europe...Surfrider was LM'S sister hull raced by the Gardner Bros and was bought at the end of the season by Bob Nordskog ( Powerboat Magazine)
“According to the book "Searace" by John Crouse, the 1964 Cowes-Torquay powerboat race on August 15, 1964, was won by the Bertram 31 "Surfrider" powered by twin 400 HP turbo-charged Daytona engines. It was owned/driven by Englishmen Charles and James Gardner who were identified as "friends and customers of Dick Bertram". Dick Bertram finished second in his 31 "Lucky Moppie" (he crossed the finish line first, but passed on the wrong side of the finish boat). Bob Nordskog (publisher of Powerboat Magazine) bought Surfrider and raced it to a 2nd in the '66 Long Beach-San Francisco race and a 3rd in the '67 Catalina Challenge. That's the last reference I could find on Surfrider in Crouse's comprehensive book on the history of offshore powerboat racing”…Now the story is she appeard for sale by YACHTWORLD circa 2000/2001 and we do not know if she sold and if the old or new owner was aware of her history....
She is one of the few boats surviving from the first 10 years of the CT so it would be good to find out if she is still with us.
Any one who may have info please contact me
Mike James at either www.classicoffshore.com or [email protected]
