LOA: 44ft 9in (13.65m) BEAM: 13ft 6in (4.11m) ENGINES: Twin 600s - quad 500s TOP SPEED: 48 knots PRICE: from £567,105 ex VAT CONTACT: www.galeon.pl
Galeon’s smaller GTO models have already won a lot of fans for their sociable G deck arrangements, their extraordinary volume and the playful extravagance of their styling. So when a new GTO flagship arrives, this is exactly how it needs to look.
It all begins with a beam so huge that you could comfortably accommodate a quad rig of outboards on the transom while still retaining room for extended swim platforms on both sides. They lead forward onto a wide open cockpit that can be expanded by 1.8m, thanks to a pair of glazed drop-down balconies. And even the foredeck gets in on the ‘beamy-isbest’ day boating bandwagon. Accessed via a secure walkway that runs through the port side of the screen, it uses hard angles and trademark hull projections to create a cat-style lounge way out of proportion to its sector.
Those same beam-preserving forward hull projections do equally good things down in the owner’s cabin where, in spite of the port side deck, you get an entirely taper-free bed with full access on both sides, plus a huge starboard window for epic views of the water. Further aft, there’s also a central bathroom opposite the port galley, plus a fore-and-aft mid cabin with space for three, tucked neatly beneath the saloon deck.
That makes this a very credible cruiser for five people but in reality, the chief
