THE BRAND
Four Winns was established in 1975 in Cadillac, Michigan, when brothers, John, Bill and Charlie Winn, and their Dad, Bill Senior, acquired a struggling boat-building firm and gave it a new lease of life with a fresh name and a fresh direction. Right from the start, the intention was to construct a fleet of compact but high-end, American-made boats, optimised for family recreation and watersports – and their success was phenomenal.
They did add a range of compact cruisers in the late 1980s, as well as a V575 model that pushed way up toward the 50ft mark, but at its core, this has always been a brand of sporting open day boats. Today, under Beneteau Group ownership, Four Winns is a global leader in exactly that sector. With…