Born to Italian parents in British India, Karachi in 1926, educated there and in France, Renato ‘Sonny’ Levi flew Spitfires in the RAF near the end of WWII, and studied aeronautical engineering in England after the war.
Joining his father’s boatyard in Bombay, it was his victory in the Daily Express Cowes-Torquay offshore powerboat race in 1963 that brought his name to prominence as a successful designer.
Sonny Levi was a man who developed a huge range of ideas which in his early including light aircraft, inflatable boats, cars and sailing yachts. More recently he turned his hand to pure art, creating over 100 canvases.
Renato ‘Sonny’ Levi, died peacefully at the age of 90 at his home on the Isle of Wight on November 12, 2016.
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