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Dragonfly Trimarans

Company manufacturing Dragonfly Trimarans founded in 19941

Dragonfly Trimarans is a line of trimaran sailboats built by the Quorning Boats shipyard in Skærbæk, near Fredericia, Denmark.55°31′11.97″N 9°38′8.08″E 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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 25, 1994Founded1

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Dragonfly Trimarans is a line of trimaran sailboats built by the Quorning Boats shipyard in Skærbæk, near Fredericia, Denmark.55°31′11.97″N 9°38′8.08″E2

The story

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.

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Products and brands

Current models

Dragonfly 25. The smallest model, launched in 2016.

Dragonfly 28. Presented in January 2009 at the boot Düsseldorf Boat Show, Germany. It replaced the Dragonfly 800 but has almost as much interior space as the (also discontinued) Dragonfly 920.

Dragonfly 32. This model was launched in the Summer of 2012, replacing the old 920. Its production uses new (for Quorning) production technologies like 3D design, a new 7-axis CNC-milling machine process and finite-elements material and stress analysis.

Dragonfly 36. This model was launched in early 2025, at Boot Düsseldorf.

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Dragonfly 40. Launched in 2020, it replaced the 1200.

Previous models

Dragonfly 600. Small, open trimaran with demountable floats. Only 11 were built before the model was discontinued in 1994, due to it being "too expensive to produce".

Dragonfly 25 MK 1. Older smaller model, predecessor of the 800.

Dragonfly 800 MK I. In 1985, Erik Quorning came 1st in the Round Great Britain and Ireland race in one of these boats.

Dragonfly 800 MK II. A non-swingwing model predecessor of the more recent Dragonfly 800.

Dragonfly 800 MK III (Swing Wing). This model was introduced in August 1989 and was replaced by the Dragonfly 28 in 2009. There were two versions, Cruising and Racing, differing on the size of mast and sails. About 300 were built. Olympic sailing legend Paul Elvstrøm’s last boat, which he owned for 10 years, was a (modified) DF 800.

Dragonfly 920. This model existed in two versions: Touring and Extreme. The Extreme version has the same center hull as the Touring, but longer arms and floats making it wider when unfolded, which allows the use of a taller mast and bigger sails. It is approximately 15% faster.

Dragonfly 35. This model is an offshore and ocean cruiser. It replaced the Dragonfly 1000. As with the 920, two versions exist: Touring and Ultimate. The Ultimate has a taller mast and bigger sails, but the same beam as the Touring version.

Dragonfly 1000. Replaced by the Dragonfly 35.

Dragonfly 1200. Replaced by the Dragonfly 40.

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Timeline

  1. Apr 25, 1994Founded Founded1

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