Henri Jeanneau's first boats in 1957 were wooden
outboard motor-powered dinghy designs. He quickly moved to producing boats from
fiberglass and by 1960 his motorboats, including the
Jeanneau Sea-bird, were made from this new material, followed by the first
sailboats in 1964. In 1970 the company was purchased by the American conglomerate,
Bangor Punta. By mid-1980 the company was sold again and became part of
Chatellier SA. In 1990 there was a
joint venture with
Italian Ferretti Craft to build a series of yachts, but the project did not last long. In 1995 the company was bought out by
Groupe Beneteau and became part of the largest global sailboat-building enterprise. In the mid-1990s some Jeanneau designs were built in Polish boat yards, including the
Sun Odyssey 24.1. In 2001
Ostroda Yachts of
Poland became part of Jeanneau. The Jeanneau Advanced Technologies division was set up to build custom projects, such as the trimarans for the film
Waterworld and some
America's Cup designs. ==Boats==