Dragonfly 920 Swing Wing
- Brand:
- Dragonfly
- Designed by:
- Børge Quorning
- Yard(s):
- Quorning Boats ApS
- Description:
The Dragonfly 920 is a thoroughly stylish, very well mannered cruiser/racer with a substantial competition track record. She is very stable and easy to handle as well as being very quick. The rig and cockpit setup is convenient for single-handed operation and the below decks amenities neatly accommodate a cruising family. With a European CE Category B rating she is capable of extended offshore trips.
Her light-weight construction, high buoyancy floats and high efficiency rig make her a powerful sailing machine. A carbon fibre, rotating mast is standard. Only high quality deck fittings are used and a specially developed single-line reefing makes shortening sail a very smooth operation.
The centreboard and rudders kick up if they hit the bottom, substantially reducing the worry of damaging something when sailing in shallow water. With the winch operated 'Swing Wing' system the beam of the boat can be reduced more than 50%, 10 ft 2in (3.1 m), making marina berthing no more expensive than with a monohull of equivalent length.
As with all Dragonfly models, the cabin design receives wide acclaim for engineering excellence and quality of build. Teak joinery gives the cabins a warm feeling, and though the boat is relatively small, all essential elements for comfortable cruising are meticulously incoporated in an open and pleasing design. - The floats are also demountable for trailering.
The Dragonfly 920 has a Cruising and Racing configuration. The racing version has a somewhat larger sail area.
The Dragonfly 920 Extreme is a more powerful version of the DF 920.
- Type:
- Cruiser-racer
- Multihull type:
- Trimaran
- Construction:
Hull and decks: fibreglass with foam core - hand laid up. Each float has three watertight compartments
Materials: biaxial fibreglass; DCPD polyester resin; Divinicell PVC foam core
Beams: solid glass with unidirectional fabric
- Sails and rigging:
- Fractional rig
- Carbon, rotating mast
- Fully battened main - 420 sq ft (39 sq m) in the Racing version
- Bowsprit - 4ft 7in (1.4 m) in both the Racing and Cruising version
- Roller-furling genoa
- roller-furling gennaker - 700 sq ft (65 sq m) in both the Racing and Cruising version
- Symmetric spinnaker - 807 sq ft (75 sq m) in the Cruising version; 861 sq ft (80 m sq) in the Racing version
- Asymmetric spinnaker - 753 sq ft (70 sq m) in the Cruising version; 861 sq ft (80 m sq) in the Racing version
- Sails and rigging images:
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- Deck layout and gear:
- Floats winched in from cockpit for docking
- Tiller steering
- All sail-handling controls, including single-line reefing, to cockpit
- Teak seats and trimming in cockpit
- Bathing platform
- Deck layout images:
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- Keels, boards and rudders:
- Kick-up centreboard and rudder
- Accommodation:
- Spray hood extends cabin area
- Standing headroom in main cabin
- Teak joinery
- Galley
- Dinette with seating for 6 with folding table - converts to two single bunks
- Optional fridge box
- Heads compartment
- Forward cabin with V-berth
- Optional holding tank
- Accommodation images:
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- LOA (length overall):
- 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
- LWL (length at waterline):
- 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in)
- Beam:
- 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
- Draft minimum:
- 0.45 m (1 ft 6 in)
- Draft maximum (e.g. boards down):
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Windward sail area:
- 55.5 m² (597 ft²)
- Mainsail area:
- 33.0 m² (355 ft²)
- Jib or Solent area:
- 22.5 m² (242 ft²)
- Mast height above deck:
- 13.1 m (43 ft)
- Mast height above water:
- 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
- Daggerboard / centreboard:
- 1
- Displacement, lightship (empty):
- 1900 kg (1.87 tons)
- Displacement, maximum:
- 2600 kg (2.56 tons)
- Number of berths:
- 6
- Inboard engines:
- 1
- Typical total engine HP:
- 20
- Fuel type:
- Diesel
- Fuel capacity:
- 20 lt (5 US gallons)
- Water capacity:
- 60 lt (16 US gallons)
- Weight with trailer (typical):
- kg ( tons)
- Towing width:
- 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
- First introduced:
- 1996
- In production:
- Yes
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- Degree of customisation:
- Several options
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* Exchange rates last updated: Sunday 27th January 2008 19:27 GMT
Other boats of this brand:
- Dragonfly 25 MkI
- Dragonfly 800 Swing Wing
- Dragonfly 800 MkII
- Dragonfly 1000 Swing Wing
- Dragonfly 600
- Dragonfly 920 Extreme
- Dragonfly 1200 Ocean Cruiser
