Dragonfly Trimarans


Dragonfly Trimarans is a line of trimaran sailboats built by the Quorning Boats shipyard in Skærbæk, near Fredericia, Denmark.
The trimarans produced by this shipyard are characterized by a folding technology denominated "SwingWing". This allows them to use marina berths intended for monohulls and be trailerable. The smallest model, the Dragonfly 28 is even narrow enough to not need special permits.
These trimarans have low draft and can be beached since both the centreboard and the rudder can be lifted.

History

Quorning Boats was founded in 1967 by Børge Quorning. In 1981 the company dropped the monohulls and started to produce exclusively the Dragonfly range of trimarans. These early trimarans were not foldable. In 1988-89 the “Swing Wing” system was designed and developed. It was first introduced in 1989 in the Dragonfly 800 Swing Wing, and has been used in all models since.
In 1995, Jens Quorning, son of the founder, replaced his father at the head of the company. Jens' brother, Eric, runs BSI, a company which supplies parts for Quorning. In total, about 800 boats were produced as of 2007.

Product line

Current models

Model252832351200
Length sailing 7.658.759.8010.6811.96
Length folded 9101212.6013.65
Beam sailing 5.806.508.008.208.60
Beam folded 2.302.543.603.854.30
Draft, board up 0.350.400.500.550.75
Draft, board down 1.501.701.901.902.00
Weight, ready to sail 10501950340039005700
Mainsail 2437485660
Furling genoa 1019263535
Code 0 furling 17375755NA
Asymmetric spinnaker 45659595130
Bowsprit length NA1.601.801.501 or 2
Water tank NA90120140180
Holding tank NA60606080
Payload incl crew NA725120015001530

Previous models