Don't miss the spectacular new Dragonfly 28 videos here
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We wish all our Dragonfly owners and everyone who's visited us this year a very Merry Christmas. We'll be back after the holidays on 4 January and look forward to 2012
Winter Boat Show update
We don't usually exhibit at the London Boat Show but will once again be assisting the factory team at the massive Boot Düsseldorf show which runs from 21-29 January. (While London occupies 2 halls, Düsseldorf runs to 17!). We will be on the stand for the first weekend plus Monday 23rd and would be delighted to welcome UK visitors to the stand where both the Dragonfly 28 and Dragonfly 35 will be on display. We will also have all the latest news about the forthcoming Dragonfly 32. Please contact us for travel advice or to arrange a meeting
Dragonfly 28 update
Following an extremely successful Autumn boat show season with record sales, all Dragonfly 28 production into June 2012 is already sold and time is running out if you would like to be sailing your new Dragonfly 28 next summer. Why not call us today to discuss your ideal specification...?
Southampton Boat Show 2011
Thank you to everyone who visited us at the recent show, and it was a pleasure to meet Dragonfly owners past & present, plus many new acquantances. Although show attendance was down overall, we had a great response to our Dragonfly 28 on display (and the forthcoming Dragonfly 32) once the weather improved, but then it was unlikely many people would miss a pearlescent orange boat!
With one Dragonfly 28 sold during the show and several others confirmed since, the next available delivery is already mid-March 2012, so please don't delay if you'd like to be sailing your new boat at the beginning of next season
How long does it take to fold a Dragonfly?
This is one of the most common questions we're asked at shows, and most people are understandably surprised when we answer 'about a minute each side'.
To demonstrate how easy it is, we've filmed the process on our Dragonfly 28 demonstrator (please click lower right button to enlarge):
Dragonfly 32 - first hull released
The first Dragonfly 32 hull was recently released from the mould, ready to begin asembly of the prototype for this exciting new project. This hull is the first one to be completed using Quorning Boats' new in-house milling machine, which carves the shape from a huge block of foam via a 3D CAD computer. As shown above, the finish is to the usual impeccable Quorning quality
Dragonfly 920 wins Round the Island Race
Congratulations to Roland Sharp and his crew on Dragonfly 920 "Ischnura" who sailed superbly to win the MOCRA Multihull class in the 2011 Round the Island race. This year saw the strongest weather for many years, with winds gusting 30 kts round the back of the island and challenging sea conditions at the Needles and St Catherines.
Dragonfly UK on facebook
We've just set up a new facebook page, which we hope will develop into an interesting mix of owner stories, videos etc as well as Dragonfly news. Please take a look and sign up for updates here
NEW Dragonfly 32 for 2012 season
Quorning Boats have just announced a new Dragonfly 32 model, which will fit between the popular Dragonfly 28 and 35 models now that the very successful Dragnfly 920 series has been discontinued.
In concept, this new boat is closer to a scaled-down Dragonfly 35, as it features a similar interior layout and is now trailerable. Just as the Dragonfly 28 is a very spacious 28ft trimaran (with greater accommodation than some 30fters), the Dragonfly 32 will set new standards for design and construction of his mid-sized boat.
The standard boat will be outboard powered, but inboard diesel will be optional.
The tooling is in production now, using Quorning Boats new in-house 7-axis CAD milling facilities. See the new Dragonfly 32 page for more info
Yachting Monthly Dragonfly 28 boat test in July issue.
The Dragonfly 28 Sport stars on the front cover of the July 2010 issue of Yachting Monthly under the title of "Multihull magic" with a full test report inside. Further superb photos by Joe McCarthy are available on the YM website here and his video taken on the day is here:
Practical Boat Owner August 2010 isssue will include a feature about tralierable trimarans with Dragonfly featuring prominently.
Yachts & Yachting boat test in April 2010 issue.
The popular dinghy and keel boat magazine publish a test report on the Dragonfly 28 by Jeremy Evans, who reports "there’s no doubt this 28ft cruiser will hit 20-plus knots" while it will also "point as high as a performance monohull while footing faster".
Southampton Boat Show
Thank you to everyone who visited us during a very busy show. The new Dragonfly 28 Sport received a great reception following another rave review in the October Yachting World magazine, and the entire 2009 production is now sold out. If you are interested in a new DF28 for next season, please don't delay...!
Yachting World tests Dragonfly 28
In an entertaining 6-page test report, Yachting World confirmed this new Dragonfly delivers the expected "astonishing performance". They were equally impressed by the refinements and ease of handling, describing it as "the ultimate versatile performer"
Dragonfly 28 nominated for major award
We are delighted to report that the new Dragonfly 28 has been nominated for the prestigious European Yacht of the Year 2009/2010 awards by the jury of 11 leading yachting journals.
Practical Boat Owner tests Dragonfly 28
The August issue of PBO contains the first UK test report of the new Dragonfly 28 Sport. On a stunning summer's day, we recorded 15kts of boat speed in just 12-13 knots of breeze, leaving many racing dinghies trailing in our wake
Dragonfly 28 tested by Die Yacht
The German 'Die Yacht' magazine published their test report of the Dragonfly 28 under the title "The best cruising yacht?".
Round the Island race 2009
Our Dragonfly 28 Sport had it's UK race debut in the Round the Island Race on 20 June, with designer Jens Quorning on the helm.
As the light NW gradient breeze battled with southerly sea breeze we were becalmed several times, making for testing conditions which favoured low-rated boats. We were the first Dragonfly home in a time of 9 hrs 23min, with only one larger production trimaran finishing ahead. Our corrected time was 4th in class.
Once again, Dragonfly trimarans were by far the best represented in our class, and congratulations to all our crews who persevered to the finish, although you'd perhaps rather not know that the later starters saw 20+ knots of breeze round the back!
DF920 on BBC2 TV with Richard Hammond
Our Dragonfly 920 demo boat featured on Richard Hammond's new show 'Engineering Connections', originally shown on the National Geographic TV channel, and repeated on BBC2 in February 2009.
The star of BBC's 'Top Gear' clearly enjoyed the DF920, saying"I can't believe the speed of this thing" - from a man used to driving the world's fastest cars!
DF1200 completes circumnavigation
We congratulate Bethsy and Andre Thiry, who have recently finished a sailing around the world onboard their DF1200 "Llevame". Their final destination was Palma de Mallorca.
DF920 first production multi in RTI 2008
In a breezy Round the Island Race 2008 on Saturday 28th June, our new 920 Extreme finished first production boat in the MOCRA class on the water and on handicap.
We crossed tacks with the racing multihulls in our class to Hurst where we were just ahead of Ellen MacArthur's 75ft 'B&Q' trimaran! Round the back of the island with gusts to 28 knots we stretched away to finish 35 minutes ahead of the next cruising multihull. Our elapsed time of 5 hours 10 minutes matched a TP52 Grand Prix monohull with a pro crew of 12+. Pretty good for a 30ft trailerable cruiser with a crew of 3!
Dragonfly 35 awarded European Yacht of the Year 2008
For the second time, Quorning Boats has been awarded the prestigious title of European Yacht of the Year, this time for the Dragonfly 35 in the inaugural Multihull class. These awards are presented at the Düsseldorf Boat Show by a jury comprising of the 11 most respected yachting journals in Europe.
Dragonfly 920 voted amongst the all-time greats
Yachting Monthly have placed the DF920 at 45 in their
list of the 100 Best Boats of the Century (June 06). It was the only production trimaran listed.
They said: "If you could set adrenalin and build a boat out of it the result would be something like this high-performance trimaran. Haul in the sheets, hold tight and enjoy."
