Dragonfly 40

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The Dragonfly 40, on the water

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 0.70 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 106

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 28.4

Draws more than ~90% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~96% of boats her size on file

Compared with 253 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Dragonfly 40, as the fleet has seen it

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The Dragonfly 40 is a 12.4-meter fractional sloop trimaran, designed by Jens Quorning and Steen Olsen and built by Quorning Boats since 2020. It features a swing-wing folding system that reduces its 8.4-meter beam to 4.0 meters for marina berthing. The model is available in four versions: Touring, Ultimate, C Ultimate Carbon, and C Performance, with the C versions utilizing carbon Pre-Preg autoclave construction for lighter displacement. The Touring version includes a self-tacking jib, while the Ultimate and C Performance versions offer progressively taller rigs and larger headsails. Aboard *El Viaje de Bohemia*, Tomas and Agus toured a Dragonfly 40 at the Newport Boat Show, noting its performance design and retractable amas.7:29 They characterized its narrow interior as suitable for weekend use rather than long-term liveaboard cruising.8:23

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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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

28.4

Displacement / length

106.3

Hull

Hull type

Trimaran Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2020

Designer

Jens Quorning, Steen Olsen

Builder

Quorning Boats

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The family

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