Lewmar: A Lippert Marine Brand

Lewmar is a proud member of the Lippert family. Today, Lewmar is the premier marine equipment supplier, designing, manufacturing and districuting innovative, high-quality control solutions worldwide.

Lewmar was named winner of the "Collaborative Solution between a production boat builder and its supply chain partner" category at the 2018 Boat Builder Awards, for glass products developed with Prestige, Sunseeker and the Hanse Group.

Lewmar supplied its first production of electric sunroofs to Sunseeker for their latest yacht, the 74 sport. This secured a full Lewmar glass set to accompany the Lewmar hatch, heavy windlass and anchoring package.

Lewmar announced earlier in the year the completion of its ultra-modern tempering plant for marine glazing. State-of-the-art equipment was added for the commissioning of the expansion project, including a rotary press bender and additional grinder and printer.

Lewmar announced the completion of its ultra-modern tempering plants in the UK for marine glazing.

Lewmar was nominated for the prestigious DAME Award for the Captive Reel Windlass CRW400.

Lewmar manufactured cutting-edge carbon winches for Hetairos, a 67-metre yacht in which ultra-modern features and technical innovation were combined with a classical look.

In 2010, Lewmar unveiled a new EVO winch at the 2010 METS tradeshow. Legendary quality combined with state-of-the-art technology ensured Lewmar's new EVO winch range was the most advanced yet.

Lewmar won the prestigious DAME Award for the second time with its OneTouch winch handle. The awarding DAME jury described it as "elegant in concept, aesthetically pleasing, strong on detail design, well executed, effective and a great step forward."

Lewmar supplied winches and deck hardware to Gipsy Moth IV as part of the restoration project that commenced in Cowes, England. Lewmar winches were on the boat when Francis Chichester undertook his classic solo circumnavigation in 1967.

In 1993, the Lewmar ocean block won the DAME Award with its bayonet fixing. The revolutionary block won the prestigious award due to its improved performance and reduced weight.

The 1983 America's Cup was the occasion of the first winning challenge to the New York Yacht Club, which had successfully defended the cup for 132 years. Both the winner and the second-place finisher utilized Lewmar winch systems.

Through a series of acquisitions and mergers in the latter decades of the twentieth century, the Lewmar catalog evolved to include an array of marine products. Lewmar's distribution extended around the world, and the expertise and success of the company won recognition with three Queen's Awards.

John Burton acquired Lewmar and embarked on a 20-year career, turning the company into a world leader in modern yacht equipment. Lewmar attacked the high-technology world of America's Cup racing, supplying the first AC winch package to Korura V in c.1966/68.

When Len Lewery started making Tufnol dinghy fittings back in 1946, not even his inventive mind could have foreseen that his small business would develop to become one of the leading marine equipment manufacturers in the world.