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When veteran sailing journalist Kevin Green joined TMG’s Rowan McMahan and Joe Fox onboard the Dragonfly 25 Sport for a spinnaker run offshore the Sydney coast, he declared that “the fun factor was apparent in spades”.
One does need to be an expert Multihull sailor to handle a Dragonfly 40 or any other fast cruiser/daysailer Trimaran. Easy of handling, stability and a hell of a ride are the key assets offered. To achieve that kind of performance on a Catamaran you would need a light performance cat with a powerful rig.
This high-performance trimaran adopts modern floats with inverted and voluminous bows. The crossbeams are well clear of the water, giving the DF40 remarkable elegance and a nimble passage through rough water.
The brainchild of veteran multihull maven Jens Quorning, managing director of the Danish boatbuilder Quorning Boats, the Dragonfly 32 is the latest in a long list of trimarans providing a combination of exciting performance and more-than-adequate accommodation space for cruising as well.
The Danish Quroning yard has introduced a new trimaran. The Dragonfly 32 promises to be faster, safer and more comfortable than its successful predecessors.
The first-generation Dragonfly 32 is a well-bred trimaran: 54 units have been sold and have undoubtedly made a mark on the history of the yard. The Evolution is replacing the Supreme version with 20% larger floats and a more powerful rig.
The Dragonfly 28 is the latest Swing Wing trimaran from Quorning Boats, which benefits from 20 years of experience building boats with retractable outer hulls.
The Dragonfly 28 sets new standards for the possibilities of a sailing boat. The perfect boat does not exist – but the Dragonfly 28 is very close to this ideal. Great fun and easy handling – accommodating 5 people.
The Danish boatbuilder Dragonfly has been designing and building cruising trimarans for 50 years. Their breakthrough, it could be argued, was the invention of the swing-wing system in 1989, giving Dragonfly’s yachts the stability and deck space of a multihull, and the berthed or trailerable beam of a monohull.
Sitting comfortably on one of the small wings surrounding the huge cockpit, open to the stern, I took advantage of the moment just before going to rest to accelerate one last time in this pretty machine, on a wave, increase the apparent wind, bear away and accelerate again, until that limit beyond which the headsail no longer draws.
The Dragonfly 40 is bristling with neat touches and feels much larger than a 40ft trimaran might, both on deck and below.
It was a huge relief finally to launch the new Dragonfly 40 Performance Cruiser and get it rigged up for its maiden voyage. The boat has been under development for more than two years, and thousands of man-hours have been spent on this project.
The Dragonfly 25 trimaran weights a shade over 1,000kg and can sail at 17 knots. The 25 is a pure daysailer/weekender with purpose-built roll-on roll-off trailer for easy launching and recovery. She weighs 1,050kg and, with her minimal wetted area, it’s a recipe for speed. The swing wings are delicate but easy to operate.
Does it look as good as it does on paper? No, it looks better, absolutely awesome, what a beautiful boat! And the interior looks are even better than in previous models, with an impeccable finish and good taste on the design. Beauty outside and inside and performances to match. What is the catch?
Performance sailing is near the top of the list of requirements for the average Dragonfly trimaran owner, and the latest (and smallest) model from this Danish builder – the Dragonfly 25 – is no exception, as Dieter Loibner reports in this First Look Video filmed at Dusseldorf Boat Show.
This is a great compact cruiser: fun to sail, particularly in a breeze, but comfortable and full of cruising amenities. What impressed us most aside from the boat’s performance, were numerous little design details and the quality of construction.
While many redesigns have more to do with marketing than with actual design, the recently launched Dragonfly 28 “Performance” from Denmark’s Quorning Boats truly does push the envelope in a meaningful way to incorporate the latest in multihull technology.
This latest offering from Denmark’s Quorning Boats, which won a nod from SAIL’s 2016 Best Boats judges as their Best Small Cruiser, is the smallest boat in the builder’s current line of folding “Swing Wing” trimarans, which range all the way up to 40ft in length.
The brainchild of veteran multihull maven Jens Quorning, managing director of the Danish boatbuilder Quorning Boats, the Dragonfly 32 is the latest in a long list of trimarans providing a combination of exciting performance and more-than-adequate accommodation space for cruising as well.
The Dragonfly, with its rotating mast and streamlined beams, is playing in a different league.
With the 20-horsepower diesel and sail drive ticking over slowly and the bow thruster—yes, bow thruster—working, Cam steered us out of a tight slip and headed down the creek. To deploy the amas, all we had to do was release one control line and pull on another and soon they were fully extended.
The Dragonfly 32 Supreme is a tidy little cruising boat with some serious get-up-and-go.