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Jim Wynn
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Jim
Wynne,
a
powerboat
racer
and
pleasure-boat
designer
who
influenced
both
aspects
of
boating,
died
in
Miami
after
an
extended
illness
at
the
age
of
60. |
Jim
Wynn's
engineering
developments
in
creating
and
perfecting
the
deep-V
hulls
and
the
inboard/outboard
powerboat
drive
engines
known
as
stern
drives
not
only
made
possible
high-speed
offshore
racing
but
also
proved
a
boon
to
millions
of
pleasure
and
military
craft
afloat
worldwide.
In
1958,
he
and
a
fellow
boat
builder,
Ole
Botved,
completed
the
first
crossing
of
the
Atlantic
Ocean
by
outboard
motor,
going
from
Copenhagen
to
New
York
City
in
11
days.
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In 1964, Wynne won
the first World Open
Class championship.
He won the title
again two years
later.
Besides competing,
Wynne often wrote on
offshore powerboat
racing. He was also
an accomplished skin
diver who appeared
in the television
series "Sea Hunt"
with Lloyd Bridges. |
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Jim
Wynne, invented
Volvo Penta’s
aquamatic drive, and
was named the most
influential person
in the motor boat
industry
in
the 20th Century,
according to a
ranking in the
highly regarded
Motor Boat &
Yachting. |
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The Volvo Penta "Aquamatic
Drive", which was
launched in 1959, is
according to Motor
Boat and Yachting,
the 20th Century’s
single most
important
development in
small-craft
technology, which
made the mass
production of cheap,
fast, inboard sports
boats possible." |
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