A peek into Quorning Boats
Plenty of magic comes out of the small town of Fredericia on the coast of Denmark. Quorning Boats, builders of Dragonfly trimarans, has set up shop here and drives each one of their 40 yearly builds with the passion and innovation expected from a multi-generational family owned and operated business. SAIL Technical Editor Adam Cove visited the factory and takes us for a behind-the-scenes tour.
Dragonfly boats are all about details and performance. Quality is controlled onsite with a highly trained Danish team, with facilities featuring an onsite woodshop, composite molding rooms, rigging shop, assembly room, and even an indoor storage and maintenance center. Each of Dragonfly’s boats creates a fast and flat alternative to monohulls while also providing a beautiful interior finish, plenty of standing headroom and comfort below, and carefully designed features like chines and spray rails to make for a drier ride. These may be some of the most expensive boats in the world for their length, but after one look through the factory, it is clear why—a high resale value, exciting performance, and great attention to detail in every aspect of the builds.
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Thank you Adam for your insights!
SAIL Technical Editor Adam Cove is a naval architect and marine engineer (University of Michigan) and trained under David Pedrick. He previously gathered experience as a boatbuilder, rigger, and sailmaker, before adding an MBA, to become CEO of Edson Marine. He currently operates as director of Cove Marine Consulting. Adam grew up sailing on the south coast of Cape Cod, captained his high school and college racing teams, and can regularly be found racing around the buoys in New England, heading offshore to cruise or race short-handed, or cruising long distance in his Luders 33.
Adam Cove SAIL Technical Editor