Grand Banks 54
t was easy to spot the Grand Banks 54 in a crowded marina in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The latest addition to the builder’s Family Series was one of the few new boats on the dock, yet it had telltale marks of a classic Grand Banks, including flawless teak in the cockpit and salty planking lines on the hull. This was Hull No. 1, a prototype that had left Florida the week before en route to Rhode Island. As the boat headed north, it made stops along the way so interested
