Dragonfly 36 Performance

For Gliding Along as Fast as the Wind...

We had the opportunity to sail aboard the Dragonfly 36, recently elected Multihull of the Year in the Performance category, in the company of Jens Quorning, the head of the shipyard which bears his name. This particular trimaran was hull #2, a Performance version (featuring a rig that’s over 6 feet / 2 meters taller) and it’s undoubtedly a fast and enjoyable multihull to sail. But it is also a rugged vessel capable of crossing an ocean or taking the ground on a sandbank...

The now inverted bow of the central hull is topped by a sturdy 3-foot (90 cm) bowsprit that allows the anchor to be set forward and a downwind sail to be hoisted.

The Dragonfly 36’s spar is made of carbon as standard, but the Performance version offers over six more feet and an overlapping genoa!

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Test location: La Grande-Motte
Conditions: Calm sea, 6 to 9 knots of southerly wind

Our CEO Gwen Dorning was the first to discover this new trimaran back in January at boot Düsseldorf, and we shared this world premiere with you in a video. Jens and the team at Hellomulti, the Dragonfly importer for France and Spain, had made a date with me, somewhat jokingly, for a test sail at La Grande-Motte on Tuesday, April 29 at 2 p.m., some 100 days later... In the end, we decided to meet half an hour earlier than planned. There was no way we were going to miss our slot with a shipyard that only releases a new model once every five years!

In terms of design, the 36 is the first Dragonfly to feature three inverted bows - until now, the central hull has always retained a traditional bow shape. With its particularly slender rig in the Performance version, this trimaran certainly looks impressive, both under sail and alongside the pontoon. Although it’s neither a dragonfly on a lake nor a pure ocean racer, the 36 immediately displays a tasteful sportiness.

The Quorning Boats shipyard, located in Fredericia, in the heart of Denmark, is renowned for the quality of its workmanship, and the...

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