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Andrew Winch on his love affair with his Jeanneau 64, Polar Bear

by Jeanneau America 27 Jun 2019 05:47 PDT
Andrew Winch on his love affair with his Jeanneau 64, Polar Bear © Jeanneau America

It doesn't happen everyday, when a yacht designer is so taken with one of his own designs that he ends up buying the finished product for himself.

But for Andrew Winch, the Jeanneau 64 that he co-designed with Philippe Briand, came out so well, he decided he just had to have one. Now here on the Greek Island of Corfu, we catch up with Andrew to find out how all this came to be.

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