Wynne was born in Dayton, Ohio.^[1] He studied at the University of Florida and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He started his career at Kiekhaefer Corporation.^[2] His work involved Mercury outboard motor testing and participation in a notable 1958 transatlantic voyage with an outboard-powered boat.^[2]

During his career, Wynne builit the first turbine-powered Thunderbird, a production boat for Donald Aronow, and the commercial sterndrive propulsion system (1968).^[2]

Using his engineering skills in powerboat racing, Wynne won the World Offshore Championship twice and set numerous powerboat records.^[2] He later established Wynne Marine, Inc. (1965), a firm known for designing marine vessels.^[2]

Wynne died in 1990.^[3]^[4]

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