INBUILD ~ Galeon 385 HT Part 4 of 7

Part four of the Galeon new 385HT dedicated Inbuild section. In this photo to tell you with a metaphor you are seeing the rib bones of the 385HT, called in the nautical term as stringers. To compare it to a human body the gel coat is the skin, glass and resin are the blood and meat, and the bones and ribs are the stringers. The ribs are usually put in a strategic place in order to withstand the pressures, and are usually what keeps the boat together in the worst moments. A hull breakage usually starts with a stringer breaking loose. The Galeon 385HT designed by Tony Castro shows a very sound solid structure with ten horizontal and four vertical stringers able to withstand pressures associated for a forty knots top speed this sport cruiser will be able to do with the most powerful engines.
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INBUILD ~ Galeon 385 HT Part 3 of 7

For those attentive in our Inbuild section will remember that in part one of this series for the 385HT we showed you the tooling for the hull of this model. Now in part three pictured above is the just released 385 hull from the mould. This above is the second built which will also be a 385 HT model just as hull number one which was released a week before. In this picture we can see distinctive features which are becoming part of the Galeon latest generation models and obviously included into the 385 HT. For those that don't know, this feature is the sweeping window from fore to stern which makes part of all the new Tony Castro designed Galeon's released after the 640 Fly from 2008. More to come in part four very soon.

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INBUILD ~ Galeon 385 HT Part 2 of 7

Part two of Galeon 385 HT construction journey. For this second series we are seeing the tooling being ready for the super structure of the 385 model. As it is expected this super structure can easily accommodate the Open version. Not shown in the plans but discovered with the tooling picture above is that a garage will be located under the aft C-shaped settee. This is very unusual in a boat this size especially when this is a two cabin sport cruiser, with Galeon opting for a garage versus the more used extended bathing platform usually featured. I can also see a place for a fully retractable telescopic passarelle to starboard another unusual accessory for a 38 footer. An aggressive dropping curved shear line is also shown in this photo, remarking Tony Castro sports nature design for the 385 HT.

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INBUILD ~ Galeon 385 HT Part 1 of 7

Galeon has five lined new models for this years fall and this means a hard pick choosing which to dedicate for the special INBUILD section. Apart the important new flagship 780 Crystal which we are following, now you will also see construction updates for the 385 HT model. Designed by British Tony Castro the 385 HT will be an important new model for Galeon and those who are looking for the perfect eleven metres sport cruiser, offering a hard top, flush main deck, and a two cabins two head interior plan. Only the Sessa C38 released in the fall of 2009 which is the first of this latest generation eleven metres can combine these amenities. Picture above is the tooling of the mould of the 385 HT hull, here being shown in its refined stages. Worth to note that unlike some other builders Galeon produces all the tooling in house. While this can be of little importance to the end product, it is to the manufacturer which makes things easy if updating and improving a model will be needed in the near future.

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INBUILD ~ Galeon 780 Crystal Part 2 of 9

We continue our journey in the building phases of Galeon 780 Crystal in its dedicated Inbuild section. The Inbuild series shows how Galeon two feet shy from a Super Yacht size flagship is in the making, from the rendering design showed here in the fall of 2009 to its launching in mid late coming Summer. In this second part you are seeing the deck mould of the 780 Crystal. Covered in plastic this first main deck mould is positioned upside down. Those two boxes are in fact the split level interior main saloon, and the forward raised part represents the area with galley, dining table, and helm station. Further aft you can also see a triangle vertical shape which is the tender garage, which looks to be a similar system to that seen on the 700 Raptor.

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INBUILD ~ Galeon 780 Crystal Part 1 of 9

After the positive comments we received for the first Inbuild section dedicated to the new Galeon 340 Fly, the Polish builder gives us the drift again showing us the building phase for its upcoming flagship the 780 Crystal. Galeon has been constantly growing up in sizes in recent years from the 530 launched in 2006, to the 640 for 2008, and the 700 Raptor as the fall of 2009. This is a growth in size of 25 feet in five years, which shows a huge development resolute from Galeon. While this going larger plan shows five years in the making this surely has started much before to the 2006 period. A company needs huge investments to go over the fifteen metres size, such as bigger building premises and also a much higher quality control which a more expensive boat usually demands. The 780 Crystal will be designed by British architect Tony Castro who since 2005 has been a household name at Straszyn, Poland. The above picture shows the construction of the model of the hull mould for the 780 Crystal and was taken in September 2009. This picture shows some things which will feature in the 780 like the big windows for the midship cabin, propeller tunnels, and Tony Castro warped shaped hull which will close to a medium Vee aft. From this the original hull mould will be made and then the first fiberglass unit of the 780 can be made.

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INBUILD ~ Galeon 340 Fly Part 4 of 4

Finally the Galeon design and building team after over six months of hard work in the yard have arrived in the final stages of the finishing of the new 340 Fly. These photos are from last week before the first unit of the 340 Fly goes on its debut during the coming Dusseldorf boat show. As you can see here the interior fittings of the 340 Fly are ready, while the engineer outside is actually putting the railings around the sun pad to fore. The side railings have been fitted and just need to be removed from there protective plastic. Hull number one has been fitted with a hard to find in this size modern Wenge interior wood, and white leather furnishings. For those not attending the German boat show in about a weeks time we will show you the 340 Fly completely ready with an exterior and interior picture.

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INBUILD ~ Galeon 340 Fly Part 3 of 4

Part three of the INBUILD dedicated to the Galeon 340 Fly series. So far we have shown you outer parts of this new Polish Motor Cruiser set to be World Premiered in Dusseldorf coming January. In the previous two series you saw the hull mould as in part one, and the upper structure as it was being prepared in the second chapter. Today we show you the interior part of the living main deck in a plane empty fiberglass only form, being prepared prior to the furniture is actually fitted in. Unless you visit a boat builder this is impossible to see, and even in this case many builders actually don't show the moulding rooms. The picture above is showing the main saloon, to the left is the table which will be the convertible C-shaped dinette, and to the right the place where the bench with the helm station will be located. Behind the helm is the the space for the galley. This picture was actually taken at the start of this month, with Galeon senior technical department having a busy end of year festive season in order to complete the 340 Fly for Dusseldorf. www.galeon.pl

INBUILD ~ Galeon 340 Fly Part 2 of 4

We continue with part two of Galeon 340 Fly INBUILD. This new Galeon model after being presented as a project in October is set for its World wide launch coming January in Dusseldorf 2010. With the launching date being so close preparation in Poland for the 340 Fly is going full speed, to take the new model at one of the biggest global boat shows as polished and finalized as much as possible. While the prototype hull number one very rarely is a perfect hundred per cent, Galeon staff was explaining that for them to take a new model to a show a ninety out of hundred standard has to be achieved. Here as the picture shows Galeon glass people are preparing the super structure deck after this was released from the mold. As it can be seen by the masking tape we are observing the finishing touches for the non skid surfaces for the fore part of the deck. This part is usually the most used by the crew for securing the boat in the marina, or dropping anchor in some nice anchorage. While a designer normally sets the position of the non slip surfaces in the project, the yard will normally modify this, seeing fit how a crew behaves on deck, and if some areas tend to come out smaller then accepted, these are increased for major safety. The process of the non skid surfaces is normally seen on hull one, and after that the builder modifies the mold, in order to hurry up the process in the following builds.

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INBUILD ~ Galeon 340 Fly Part 1 of 4

INBUILD is a new PowerYachtBlog special section showing a boats construction phase from the project rendering we show you here, or presented by the builder in his website and brochures, to the real stuff you see, board and touch during the boat show New Model presentation. Our first Special INBUILD feature is for the Galeon 340 Fly, of which above you can see the hull form as it arrived to the Polish builder Strasyn factory a couple of weeks ago. Galeon informed that the moulding process which takes about a day has been done on hull number one. In a couple of weeks we will show further works related to the 340 Fly showing you a sort of puzzle for this flybridge motor cruiser being completed in a step by step phase.

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