James "Jim" Wynne (1929–1990) was an American businessperson.

Biography

Wynne was born in

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. He studied at the

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and the

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. He started his career at Kiekhaefer Corporation. His work involved Mercury outboard motor testing and participation in a notable 1958 transatlantic voyage with an outboard-powered boat. During his career, Wynne builit the first turbine-powered Thunderbird, a production boat for

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, and the commercial sterndrive propulsion system (1968). Using his engineering skills in powerboat racing, Wynne won the World Offshore Championship twice and set numerous powerboat records. He later established Wynne Marine, Inc. (1965), a firm known for designing

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s. Wynne died in 1990.

References

1929 births 1990 deaths Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni {{improve categories, date=June 2023