Most builders separate two models with a long list of small differences and leave the buyer to work out which pile of details he prefers. Galeon has done something cleaner with this hull. There is one 40' 11" boat. There is one question. What goes on top of it?
Answer flybridge, and you have a 400 FLY. Answer fixed hardtop, and you have a 410 HTC. Galeon describes the 410 HTC as inspired by the award-winning 400 FLY, and the two boats agree on almost everything else: hull length about 36' 4", length overall 40' 11", beam overall 12' 11", the same 264 US gallons of fuel, the same fresh water, the same waste tanks and the same 2 x 270 to 2 x 440 hp engine band.
This piece is about what the flybridge answer gets you.
An upper deck that is furnished, not decorated
Galeon specifies the 400 FLY's flybridge as an L-shaped seating and dining arrangement with a double helm sport seat and a compact wet bar, under an optional bimini, with an expansive sundeck and an integrated front seat forward of it. That is an outdoor room with a helm in it rather than a helm with a bench beside it, and the distinction shows up in how the boat gets used at anchor rather than underway.
It costs something and the numbers say what. Bridge clearance is 15' 5" against the hardtop version's 14' 5". Height to transport is 14' 6". Light craft mass is 25,981 lbs with base engines, which is about 1,210 lbs lighter than the hardtop, because the hardtop carries a structure and a lot of glass the flybridge model does not. Published top speed is 28 knots against the hardtop's 29.
So a foot of air draft and a knot, against a second station and a furnished upper deck. That is the entire trade, and it is unusually clean.
Beach Mode
The cockpit is where this boat earns its reputation. Galeon's Beach Mode drops the side balconies hydraulically and opens the cockpit outward into a terrace over the water. Behind it there is a hydraulic swim platform, and an optional transom bar with a grill, a chopping board, a sink and a drained cooler - which is the right place for cooking on a boat this size, outside and aft rather than in the galley with the doors open.
Inside, sliding dividing doors open the saloon into the cockpit and a pivoting double bench with a two-way backrest turns the seating so that the indoor dinette and the outdoor one face each other. Fold-out tables serve both levels. The intent throughout is one continuous social space rather than two rooms with a threshold between them.
One number to be careful with: the opened-balcony beam. The same hull sold as the 410 HTC opens to 21 ft, but a shared hull does not guarantee a shared balcony - get the figure for your own hull in writing before you plan a berth around it.
Two cabins, two bathrooms, four people
The accommodation is short to describe and unusually good for the length. The master is midship where the hull is at full beam, with a generous double berth, a vanity station and storage under the saloon sole. The bow VIP takes twin V-shaped berths. Both cabins have their own bathroom.
There is no third cabin and no bunk option, so this is a boat for couples and for couples who take guests, not for families who need six berths. If you need six, you are looking at the wrong Galeon and it is better to find that out now than at hull number.
The numbers
Length overall 40' 11", beam 12' 11", draft 2' 11" with 4' 3" for the deeper measurement, 264 US gallons of fuel, 118 gallons of fresh water, 25,981 lbs light with base engines, 6,327 lbs of maximum load, bridge clearance 15' 5", height to transport 14' 6", CE Category B, crew limit twelve, and a top speed of up to 28 knots.
Galeon sells the power as a band - a minimum package of 2 x 270 hp, a maximum of 2 x 440 hp - and ties neither to an engine builder. If a broker's listing specifies a particular diesel, that is a fact about one boat, not about the model. Whatever figure you are handed, the build sheet is what settles it. Cruise speed, fuel burn and range are yours to establish at sea trial, on the package you order.
Draft, before you sign a slip lease
The 400 FLY is quoted at 2' 11" without propellers, with 4' 3" for the deeper measurement, and the same hull sold as the 410 HTC is quoted at 3' 3". Size a lift and a berth off the deeper figure, and if your home channel is marginal, get the number for your exact drive package in writing before you sign a slip lease.
What I would do before signing
Three things. Stand in the cockpit with Beach Mode deployed, because it is either the best thing about the boat or hardware you will stop opening. Sit at the upper helm and decide honestly whether you will drive from it, because that station is what you are paying the foot of air draft for. And get fuel burn in writing off your own sea trial, because nobody should plan a passage off a top speed.