Andrew Winch

{{Short description|English yacht designer}}

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Andrew Winch is an internationally knownBig-Ticket BBJ: Large Boeing order underscores hot interest in wide-body VIP versions of 787 and 747-8, Aviation Week and Space Technology, 13 November 2006, p. 42{{cite news |author=Joe Sharkey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/business/17megajets.html |title=For the Super-Rich, It's Time to Upgrade the Old Jumbo Jet |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 October 2006 |accessdate=16 May 2013}} English yacht designer based in Barnes, London.{{cite news|last=Howorth|first=Frances and Michael|title=Andrew Winch|url=http://www.superyachtbusiness.net/interviews/andrew-winch/|access-date=21 March 2014|newspaper=SuperYacht Business|date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321035604/http://www.superyachtbusiness.net/interviews/andrew-winch/|archive-date=21 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} He has been selected as one of two design teams for business jet interior development of the Boeing 787.

Yacht designer

Founded in 1986, Winch Design is a London-based design studio.{{cite web |url=http://www.andrew-winch-designs.co.uk/en/about-us/our-team/ |title=Our Team – Andrew Winch Designs |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210031733/http://www.andrew-winch-designs.co.uk/en/about-us/our-team/ |archive-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.andrew-winch-designs.co.uk/en/about-us/our-studio/ |title=Our Studio – Andrew Winch Designs |access-date=16 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618092350/http://www.andrew-winch-designs.co.uk/en/about-us/our-studio/ |archive-date=18 June 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

=List of yachts designed=

This is a list of yachts designed by Winch, as listed on the website.

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Yacht name

! Year

Centurion 40 N°1 Helisaure II

| 1986

Swan 36

| 1988

Royal Eagle II

| 1988

Sensation

| 1988

Cyclos III

| 1989

Windship 105

| 1990

Centurion 59

| 1990

Victoria of Stratheim

| 1990

Yeoman XXX

| 1991

Oyster Fleet

| 1991

Sunfast Fleet

| 1991

Sun Odyssey Fleet

| 1992

Althea

| 1992

Thriller

| 1992

Feeling 546

| 1992

Wauquiez 60

| 1992

Sunfast Fleet

| 1991

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Yacht name

! Year

Sun Odyssey Fleet

| 1992

Teel

| 1992

Hetairos

| 1993

Naos

| 1993

Wauquiez 48

| 1994

White Rabbit

| 1994

Nefeli

| 1994

Dynasty 72

| 1995

Claire

| 1996

Minerva

| 1996

Concepta 65

| 1997

Golden Opus

| 1997

Shaman

| 1997

Surama

| 1997

Lady Aviva

| 1998

54m Motor Yacht

| 1998

Solemates

| 1998

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Yacht name

! Year

Gesar

| 1999

Unfurled

| 2000

Maxsamba

| 2000

Cakewalk

| 2000

Bermie

| 2001

Campbell Bay

| 2002

Alithia

| 2002

Whisper

| 2003

Scheherazade

| 2003

Phoenix

| 2004

Alfa Four

| 2004

Hamilton II

| 2005

Dubai

| 2006

Gu

| 2006

Netanya 8

| 2007

Carcharias

| 2007

Sarafsa

| 2008

St. David

| 2008

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Yacht name

! Year

Al Mirqab

| 2009

Xanadu

| 2009

Slipstream

| 2009

Cloud 9

| 2009

Sea Owl

| 2010

Phoenix 2

| 2010

Imagine

| 2011

Infinite Shades

| 2011

Aurara

| 2011

Whirlwind

| 2011

Hermitage

| 2011

Ace

| 2012

Sea Rhapsody

| 2012

Madame Gu

| 2013

Equanimity

| 2014

Z.

| 2014

Freefall

| 2015

Dilbar

| 2016

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=Awards=

Winch has won a number of International Superyacht Society awards for design and styling, including{{cite web |url=http://superyachtsociety.org/get-file.aspx?id=115&DBCode=UploadedFile |title=ISS Yacht Award Winners over the Years |publisher=International Superyacht Society |format=PDF |accessdate=16 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903133415/http://superyachtsociety.org/get-file.aspx?id=115&DBCode=UploadedFile |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead }} the:

  • 1992 award for Best Sail 23m+ as stylist and interior designer
  • 1996 award for Best Power 43m+ as stylist and interior designer, and Best Power Interior as Interior Designer
  • 1997 award for Best Power 43m+ as stylist and interior designer
  • 2001 award for Best Power 43m+ and Best Sail 23m-36m as interior designer
  • 2002 award for Best Sail 36m+ and Best Sail Interior as interior designer
  • 2006 award for Best Sail 23m-36m as designer and interior designer
  • 2009 award for Best Power 40m-65m as designer, stylist and interior designer, and Best Overall Interior

In recent years, awards are given for approximately 7 categories.

Aircraft design experience

Lufthansa Technik is a Hamburg, Germany–based subsidiary of Lufthansa that has been tasked to design the Boeing 787 into a business jet. Boeing has announced one 787-8 order and three 787-9 orders in the business jet segment.[http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRNews1/FRNews06/FR061022.htm FLUG REVUE update: Week ending 22 October 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021201037/http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRNews1/FRNews06/FR061022.htm |date=21 October 2007 }} Around 2001, Winch was first commissioned to work with the firm to convert a client's Boeing BBJ.[http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=5d3e5bea-426d-4c15-9edb-9e144fd6797f Aero-News Network: The Aviation and Aerospace World's Daily/Real-Time News and Information Service]

Andrew Winch Designs and Lufthansa Technik have partnered to design a business jet interior for the 787.[http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/applications/portal/lhtportal/lhtportal.portal?requestednode=395&_pageLabel=Template7_8&_nfpb=true&webcacheURL=TV_I/Media-Relations/Press-Releases/NBAA_LOC_A330_US.xml Lufthansa Technik – MRO, maintenance, overhaul, aircraft components repair] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024120745/http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/applications/portal/lhtportal/lhtportal.portal?requestednode=395&_pageLabel=Template7_8&_nfpb=true&webcacheURL=TV_I%2FMedia-Relations%2FPress-Releases%2FNBAA_LOC_A330_US.xml |date=24 October 2007 }} The team has been described by journalists as "one of the most innovative and technically competent design teams

=787 design specifics=

The LHT/Winch design has a forward lounge (certified for 12 people) which incorporates a 50 inch plasma screen on the forward bulkhead. Aft from the forward lounge are two guest cabins, to right and left. An additional VIP suite is planned. Upon entering the main number 3 door, there is a highly visible dining and conference room is intended to be a prime feature of the design. There is an integrated movie theater, which is also designed as a second social seating area. Further aft is a VIP suite with a full width master stateroom.{{cite web|url=http://www.avbuyer.com/articles/Article.asp?Id=576 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722124607/http://www.avbuyer.com/articles/Article.asp?Id=576 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-22 |work=AvBuyer |title=Dreamliner VIP Interiors |date=January 2007 |author=Mike Vines |publisher=World Aviation Communications Ltd. |access-date=16 May 2013 }}

=Custom design for Roman Abramovich=

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He designed a private Boeing 767-33A/ER, registered in Aruba as P4-MES for Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. It is known as The Bandit{{cite web |url=http://www.worldlifestyle.com/celebs/unbelievable-private-jets-owned-by-celebrities/11#next-image |title=20 Private Jets And The Famous People That Own Them |work=WorldLifeStyle |publisher= |date=2016 |access-date=12 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312195659/http://www.worldlifestyle.com/celebs/unbelievable-private-jets-owned-by-celebrities/11#next-image |archive-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} due to its livery. Originally the aircraft was ordered by Hawaiian Airlines but the order was cancelled and Abramovich bought it from Boeing and refitted it to his own requirements by Andrew Winch, who designed the interior and exterior. The aircraft was estimated in 2016 to cost {{USD}}300 million and its interior is reported to include a 30-seat dining room, a boardroom, master bedrooms, luxury bathrooms with showers, and a spacious living room. The aircraft has the same air missile avoidance system as Air Force One.

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