There is hardly anything better for speed junkies. The new Dragonfly 32 - especially in the Supreme version we tested with a higher rig and 14 square metres more sail area - is a mile muncher. It doesn't even need a lot of wind to race away at double-digit speeds.
We had plenty of wind on our test run, up to 30 knots in gusts. Then the tri from Skærbæk near Fredericia flies over the sea at 16 knots half-wind and up to 20 knots on the beam. And it does so without being tricky or scary. An absolute thrill. If you're not sure whether you'll be happy on three legs, you can now charter the Dragonfly 32 for the first time: for a week's raiding on the Baltic Sea, thorough instruction and training included.
Jens Quorning, head of the company of the same name Shipyard is not only a friend of brisk sailing. He is also a resourceful engineer who equips his boats with plenty of refinements and always manages to make them sufficiently suitable for touring, despite his restraint in terms of weight.
Below deck, the 32 is a delight with good berth dimensions, an excellent wet room and plenty of storage space. Instead of an outboard motor, an extremely compact, lightweight and, thanks to lithium-ion batteries, sufficiently efficient electric drive is available on request.
Find out what else the Tri can do in the detailed test in YACHT 17-2012 - now on newsstands.
Jochen Rieker
Herausgeber YACHT
