Dragonfly 35

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The Dragonfly 35, on the water

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

Footage from Halcyon Yachts - International Yacht Delivery

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 0.55 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LightHeavy

94 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 94

EasygoingPowered-up

34.5 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 34.5

Draws more than ~88% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~96% of boats her size on file

Compared with 192 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Dragonfly 35, as the fleet has seen it

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The Dragonfly 35 is a trimaran sailboat designed by Jens Quorning and Steen Olsen, built by Quorning Sailboats since 2007. It features a fractional sloop rig with a rotating spar, measures 10.7 meters LOA, and has a beam of 8.2 meters, which folds to 3.9 meters. Its draft is 1.9 meters, and it displaces 3900 kg. Aboard Halcyon Yachts - International Yacht Delivery, a Dragonfly 35 sailed from Dartmouth to Troon, Scotland, demonstrating speeds of nearly 5 knots goose-winging in a southerly breeze off Northern Ireland.9:37 The crew observed the trimaran could achieve 10 knots in 10 knots of wind.10:34 During the passage, the crew frequently motored through light-wind conditions in the St. George's Channel and near Milford Haven, where they refueled.5:55 The vessel proved comfortable for living and cooking during the multi-day transit.11:20

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar)

Ratios

SA / displacement

34.5

Displacement / length

93.9

Hull

Hull type

Trimaran Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2007

Designer

Jens Quorning, Steen Olsen

Builder

Quorning Sailboats

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The family

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