Danish trimaran builder Quorning Boats has set dates for a special edition of its Dragonfly Days owners’ event, timed to the yard’s 60th year in business.
Quorning Boats will hold Dragonfly Days 2027 running from 26 to 28 August at its yard in Skærbæk, on Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, as an anniversary edition marking 60 years since the company was founded.
Dragonfly Days is Quorning Boats’ owners’ gathering, bringing Dragonfly owners and crews back to the Skærbæk yard for sailing, training and social events. In 2022, 140 owners and enthusiasts attended with 45 boats; the 2024 gathering brought together around 110 sailors aboard 30 Dragonfly trimarans, with conferences, yard tours, meals and racing.
Quorning Boats’ story began with trimarans. Børge Quorning returned to Denmark after working as a boatbuilder in Canada, determined to introduce the trimaran to Europe, and in August 1967 he and his younger brother Bent began building their own yard at Skærbæk. The first boat built at the yard was Børge’s Trident 28 trimaran, in 1968 – but only hull No.1 sold, and no further orders followed for the new, unfamiliar concept. The brothers turned to a safer commercial proposition, the double-ended Luna 19, followed by the larger Luna 26 in 1971. Børge kept developing trimaran prototypes on the side, and in 1972 built a 16-footer for his two young sons, Erik and Jens, nicknamed “Den Lille Gule” – “The Yellow One”. It was the first trimaran to carry the Dragonfly name.
One of the biggest steps came in 1989, when Børge and Jens introduced the Swing Wing folding system on the Dragonfly 800. By folding the outer hulls in alongside the centre hull without tools, it addressed one of a trimaran’s practical drawbacks – beam – and has since become a defining feature of the range. Jens Quorning took over ownership of the company in 1996 and remains its CEO; Børge Quorning died in March 2022, aged 90.
Today the range comprises the Dragonfly 25, 28, 33, 36 and 40. The 33 is the newest, succeeding the long-running 32 while incorporating design developments introduced with the larger 36.
Australia and New Zealand are served by a dedicated dealer, Kevin Wallis of Dragonfly Yachts, based in Palm Beach, NSW. Boating New Zealand tested the Dragonfly 25 Sport in 2018 and reported the announcement of the Dragonfly 36 in December 2024, ahead of its world premiere at boot Düsseldorf the following January. The 36 has since won the Sail Performance category at the 2025 Multihull of the Year awards in France and the Performance Multihull title at the 2026 European Yacht of the Year awards in Düsseldorf.
