 Have I got some cool old Bertram stuff for you guys
Like most of us, I used to have a real job. It began in 1977 and lasted for thirteen great years during which time I essentially went to "boat school" and learned real-world boat engineering & design, production, sales---the whole gamut---from the last of the "old guard", those old fart conservative boat builders who knew what the hell they were doing.
I worked for the Bertram Yacht factory. Started out in the engineering department, fresh out of college, and ended my last years there in various sales management positions.
The Sales Department was really small, with one tiny storeroom for all the sales brochures, pricelists, and such... every now and then, they had to do some spring cleaning to make room for the new stuff.
In short, I saved a lot of that info. I have Valkyrie's 20 Sportsman's original sales brochure from 1969 as well as the Dealer Pricelist. How about $6290, Valkyrie, didja pay more than that?
I do not own a scanner, otherwise I'd tack up some oldy photos.
Regarding Dick Bertram, he used to keep his 54 Bertram ( that was a 46 Motoryacht with cockpit, sans flybridge-- for the canals of Europe) under the shed across the street at Richard Bertram Co. I met him for the first time onboard that particular boat. He was revered even back then by the brokers in his employ.
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