The "Kong" in Kong and Halvorsen, who built the Island Gypsy, worked for American Marine in Kowloon first, where he was instrumental in designing that company's new line of diesel cruisers in the 1960s, a line they named "Grand Banks." He was with American Marine for some years before leaving and teaming up with Halvorsen to create their own line of diesel cruisers. So there is good reason for the many similarities between GB and IG.
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