BoatsDragonfly 36

Dragonfly 36

Trimaran, centreboard · Fractional Sloop · First built 2025

A high-performance trimaran with a 28.12 SA/displacement ratio, offered in both Touring and Performance configurations

Designed by Jens Quorning & Steen Olsen, built by Quorning Boats.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Trimaran Cbrd.

See her sail

The Dragonfly 36, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Shoal draftDraws 0.67 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightD/L 129Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 28.1Powered-up

  • Draws more than ~88% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 228 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Dragonfly 36 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

  • InstalledB&G

    B&G has released new chartplotters with more powerful processors.

    aboard SEILmagasinetseen November 20253:02

  • InstalledVictron

    Victron has introduced a new CAN bus system for controlling a boats electrical system with one screen.

    aboard SEILmagasinetseen November 20253:28

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Dragonfly 36 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

$600,000Median asking

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
28.1
Displacement / length
129.1
Hull
Hull type
Trimaran Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2025
Designer
Jens Quorning, Steen Olsen
Builder
Quorning Boats

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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