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Thank you and yes we still had a reef in the mainsail, after a big squall as we rounded the Needles

@@chrisdaniel1339 thanks for your comment. Lots of Dragonfly trimarans have made ocean crossings. Dragonfly 32 and larger are CE Category A boats

Thanks for watching, and glad you like it. Check out our other videos of it sailing fast too

Dragonfly 25 is so much fun, and easy to sail fast - even solo

It's just a length of shock-cord to steady the tiller while I deploy the Code 0, hoist the kite etc. I usually flick it off once back on the helm

@@DragonflyTrimarans-UK thank you. I used dual long tillers on a Tri I had during races. There was enough friction from bot tillers laying down the helm remained steady during maneauvers

Thanks for watching. Dragonfly trimarans are extremely sea-worthy, and have crossed oceans, and even circumnavigated.That part of the race course is open to the Atlantic, and it was rougher earlier with up to 30 kts. We gybe close inshore there to keep clear of the tidal overfalls, so we can sail faster.

@@DragonflyTrimarans-UK Hvala, pratim ovaj tip trimarana, u bližoj budučnosti bi jedan kupio, super je sklapanje bočnih trupova što u marinama omogučuje mjesečni vez oko 300€ i duži boravak u brodu preko cijele godine. Kad usporedim cijenu najma manjeg za tjedan dana i ovog malog trimarana... Bez obzira na konfor apartmana strastvenom jedriličaru apartman ne znači ništa i nema ljepšeg od buženja usidren u nekoj uvali, uz🌅☕🤗

Hi Paul, the boat in the video is based in Hamble and I'd be delighted to show you around. Dragonfly trimarans are built to order in Denmark, and over 100 of this model have been built to date. Please drop an email to info@multihullsolutions.co.uk or call 01243 370707 so we can arrange to meet

Thanks for your comment. 'M' was the designated class flag for the Multihulls, in this annual race round the Isle of Wight (UK) with a fleet of nearly 1,000 boats.

By 'open ocean sailing' do you mean crossing oceans? If so, there's a great difference between what is possible and what would be sensible for most of us. The skills and experience of the sailor would have a great influence. Although Dragonfly 25 was designed as a weekend cruiser & racer, but it is a very sea-worthy boat. However we'd recommend one of our larger models for comfortable ocean sailing.

Thanks for watching. Max GPS speed was 15.8kts, in F4 breeze. This boat was also winner of Round the Island Race 2023, in the multihull category

Thanks for watching and well spotted - that asymmetric spinnaker is smaller and flatter than the factory one, but big enough that day! Spi sheets are usually led inboard, due to wide beam and relatively low apparent wind angle at speed

Thanks for taking time to reply. Much appreciated. Happy sailing! @@DragonflyTrimarans-UK

Thanks for watching, and glad you enjoyed it.

Right ? I was thinking this humming was in my head, only sailed a dragonfly once but gosh what an experience...

Thanks, and glad you enjoyed it. That was such a fun day

Thanks for watching, but where’s the diving in that video? There’s some spray as the leeward bow cuts through the waves we overtook, but that’s about it and we stayed pretty dry. Waves were much bigger than 0.5m round the back of the island. However this clip is gybing inshore of the tidal overfalls off St Cats, where it was flatter. If it was windier, we’d have put another reef in, and taken the spinnaker down.

Thank you, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. A Dragonfly is incredibly stable and responsive, as well as fast. Therefore the spi is easy to fly, although we recommend building experience before flying it in stronger winds

Hi Geoff, it is exciting to sail at these speeds, but as you can see a Dragonfly is also very responsive and remarkably dry too

Thanks. We were sailing at wind speed with the gennaker, and that's always fun

it’s simply a length of shock cord, hooked over the tiller extension mount.

Hi Stefano, thanks for your comment and it's an interesting idea. However as you can see, there is no need to leave the DF 25 cockpit until the boat is unfolded. At this point it is an incredibly stable platform almost 6m wide, so the risk of falling is much lower than on some boats

Thanks for your comment. Dragonfly wings are supported by waterstays, which triangulate the wing and therefore remove bending loads in the Swing Wing mounts while sailing. These dyeform wires (with white plastic covers), run from low down on the centre hull to the outboard end of the wings, and are visible on the video.

Thanks for watching, and great to hear you enjoyed it

Sorry to hear about your injury, and hope you've made a full recovery. Thanks for your comments, and I agree no-one should stand in the way of the sheet during a gybe. It may be hard to see clearly in the video, but we pull the mainsheet falls aft mid-gybe, to flatten the sail and initiate an earlier (and therefore softer) gybe. The sheet pulls away from the helm as it loads up again, not towards anyone. When sailing with more crew (or when cruising), the mainsheet trimmer can sheet in pre-gybe for the same effect, then ease again when the sail crosses

@@DragonflyTrimarans-UK Thanks. It was over 40 years ago, so my arm did mend. It's not completely straight or as long as the other one, but it didn't stop me sailing. To be fair, my mainsheet had a little more slack than yours, so it was 100% my own fault. But I was concerned that others would see the way that you gybed, but not see the danger. Far safer to haul in on the tail of the sheet and let it out to absorb the shock.

thanks for watching, and glad you enjoyed it

If you like Dragonfly 28 S (Sport), you should try the new DF 28 Performance - that is another step up thanks to the new wave-piercing float design. DF 28 was winner of the Round the Island race 2023 (multihull class), as shown in the race video on our channel 👍

Round the Island race video is here: ua-cam.com/video/XwXGIqm8qjM/v-deo.html

Thanks for watching. We wanted to illustrate how the boat moves in the waves, to give a taste of sailing the boat. A continuous shot with 'horizon lock' also shows we haven't edited out any 'gnarly' bits

Hi Craig, thanks for watching. There are some clips of DF 40 Ultimate during the same race on this highlight video: ua-cam.com/video/XwXGIqm8qjM/v-deo.html If you'd drop me an email at info@multihullsolutions.co.uk I would be pleased to send you other links too.

You're very welcome

Thanks for your comment, but I'd recommend a larger Dragonfly than this trailerable DF 25 for that trip. Dragonfly 40 would be a joy for long-range cruising.

Thanks Stuart, this boat's a LOT of fun to sail

Thank you, and we're with you there

Thanks, that was such a fun sail 👍

Thanks for watching. The latest Dragonfly trimarans are remarkably dry for such fast boats, thanks to clever design and over 55 years experience. All the recent UK magazine tests have commented on this too

It certainly was fun, and a great race for Dragonfly. Our Dragonfly 28 not only won the multihull class 🏆 but was 15th fastest out of all 1,100+ entries on elapsed time.

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Thanks for watching. A trimaran is naturally balanced. As a Dragonfly heels (to about 10 degrees max), the leeward hull is immersed deeper, so the centre of drag moves outboard to remain aligned below the centre of effort of the rig. Therefore the helm remains light, and the boat is agile and responsive.