Børge Quorning

Børge Quorning, founder of Quorning Boats, first gained international exposure as a multihull yacht designer when trimarans he designed won first and second place in the 1995 Round Britain and Ireland Race in corrected time. The next year he introduced the Dragonfly 800 MKII, which is still in production (2004) in a 'Swing Wing' version and maintains an unflagging international racing success.

Børge Quorning's career as a boat designer and builder spans more than 50 years and a variety of multi and mono-hulled craft. In 1967 he founded Quorning Boats ApS in his native Denmark with the aim of building safe trimarans with good performance. From 1981 he concentrated solely on developing the Dragonfly range.

Dragonflys are very versatile boats that can be cruised as well as raced. The floats are foldable for berthing, handling is easy and the interior design, construction and finish is exceptionally good.

The 'Swing Wing' system was developed with Børge's son Jens as are the more recent Dragonfly models.

History of Quorning designs

1967

Quorning Boats Aps founded

1981

Dragonfly 25 MKI introduced

1986

Dragonfly 800 MkII (fixed floats) introduced

1989

Swing Wing system introduced

1991

Dragonfly 1000 introduced

1994

Dragonfly 1000 wins 'Boat of The Year 1994' award from Sailing World magazine

1995

Dragonfly 920 introduced

1996

Dragonfly 600 wins 'Boat of the Year 1996' award from Sailing World magazine

2000

Dragonfly 1200 introduced

2001

Dragonfly 1200 wins 'Boat of the Year 2001' award from Cruising World magazine for best Cruising Multihull

Dragonfly 1200 wins Danish Design Prize

2003

Dragonfly 920 Extreme introduced

Dragonfly Extreme wins European Yacht of the Year 2003 award