GALEON 335 HTS

This was an opportunity to put ourselves in the deck shoes of an owner, with a couple of days to enjoy some time in one of our favourite cruising grounds: the Solent.

So it was on a warm and breezeless Friday during the late May bank holiday that my wife and I stocked up the fridges, loaded on some bedding and edged the Galeon out of her berth in Ocean Village and crept out towards Southampton Water.

The 335 is one of eight models in Galeon’s Tony Castro-designed sportscruiser range and it’s a rival to the Jeanneau Leader, Bavaria Sport and Sealine’s S330. All good boats in a highly competitive segment of the market that focuses on value for money but which nevertheless can’t be seen to be cutting corners or obviously built to a price.

There are no such issues with the Galeon; a small boat it may be but it is not finished like a boat with a sub-11m LOA. The stainless steel is a generous gauge, doors are full size and with wide doorways, latches