It’s been awhile since I’ve really watched any sailing channels reason being at one time not so long ago I was truly close enough to get one but had to give up the dream and gave my mother whom I love with all my heart the money I needed in pursuit of fulfilling my dreams of owning and sailing as you all are doing, but I wanted you and your wife to know how much I appreciate your channel, when I 1st started watching sailing channels yours and a few others stuck out among the many and its great to see your still at it,thank you for sharing all that you do and wishing nothing but the best for you and your family,maybe one day Lord willing before it’s to late I’m hoping to get a chance to experience what you and all the other sailing channels go through, and if any of your viewers are believers please send me some prayers of hope and healing beating my cancer… take care everyone enjoy all that life has given you and make the best of it …
I hope you and your family are doing well. Not sure the situation in Alaska, but a great way to do some sailing without owning a boat is to join a local sailing club and take lessons there, if you haven't already. In the lower 48 there are sailing clubs almost everywhere, including places like Colorado and Nebraska, not just the coasts.
Thx for giving us another tri to see! For anyone shopping, there's a beautiful 39' version Dragonfly for sale in San Francisco for about $100k less than this 32' MSRP. And just a little reality check on cruising speeds; this boat ain't gonna go 2-3x faster than the 32' monohull for daily averages. More like 20-25% faster on a multi-day trip. But those extra 2 or 3 knots per hour do add up nicely.
Great video. Thanks for the tour. I absolutely LOVE that boat! This boat is 10x better than the products from Corsair. Looks super comfortable, safe, livable and I bet sails really fast! That is the boat I shall look for as my next adventure awaits! This boat would do great in the Salish Sea!
Nice boat! I sailed one of the 1st Dragonfly 25s to hit the US market and she sailed beautifully even in very light winds that day. The 25 is designed to be a high performance weekender and was very light weight with simple but elegant interior. The Danes know how to build a fine boat. Hey haircut! ;) Quite a different look than last year and I wondered how things are going in CN during your 1st real winter. A big difference than Florida winters for sure.
I am a trimaran skipper of a Condor 30 footer. She is a good sailor. Her problem is that you have to disassemble/reassemble when trailering her. That ain't no joke man. It is a full days work. Look, this boat is so gorgeous it makes me nipples hard. But she is a heavy boat...really heavy...Look at Multihull Direct out of Subic Bay at their 33 footer...then compare the DF32. Weight is everything in a trimaran. I wrote them a note tonight that said they should make a 30 foot trailerable. You can buy used 40 foot fast cats for less than 250-300K all day long that are outfitted for extended cruising. Take a look at Asia Cats or Schionnings...even Catanas...even Cris White Atlantic cats...you can buy Corsair 37's under 200 K very easily. The price of the DF is for a very wealthy yachtsman that can afford it. Think of the guys who buy Italian supercars...for what reason? Status, girl magnet, bragging rights at the yacht regattas, and speed fixes. Same kind of guy...IMHO
You are totally obsessed with the word STORAGE! with is ok ,also opening every closet and door in every boat. Your films are Great,keep up the good work!
A few comments from Cruising World - The Dragonfly isn’t a cheap boat. The base price is $350,000, and the version we sailed had a price tag of about $400,000. But the build quality was impressive, and the equipment and hardware were top-shelf.
I just purchased a 1980 Kristopherson designed trimaran.Im back home in Ontario till spring and then we'll talk .My boat is out in B.C.I just met her ;installed a cubic grizzly and came home to finish a boat build for Blackbird boats.So I love your channel and I guess a welcome to Canada is in order.Hope you and the family are well. IM the electronic stowaway. My Fri was built-in Victoria by a man named Harold Aune.I can't wait to get out and get on down the ocean.The tri is named Koyote ( means new beginnings)All the best mac out.🇨🇦🇨🇦🏴☠️🏴☠️🎶🎶🎙🎙🎤🎤🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🎶🎙🏴☠️🇨🇦🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🏴☠️
Looks like Paul’s boat - don’t forget the eberspacher heater and the bow thruster- I agree with you the boat is a dream and I wish you could trailer it.
Hi really enjoy your channel, if you ever get a chance to review the 40ft DF carbon that would be great. Any thoughts on how these would fare as a blue water cruiser? For a couple or even single handed?
Look for some delivery videos. I know a professional crew from germany sailed one to the azores or so with some stormy weather and high waves. Was one of the 30+ feet ones.
When sailing with small kids, how do you feel about their cockpit security with that open transom under the helm seat? We raised three kids from newborns on our boats and that would worry me a bit. You may think they will stay in front of the helm on the benches, but our experience suggests that all you have to do is look the other way and oops! At minimum, you might have to baby proof that opening with some kind of measure. Unless there's some kind of panel that drops in there that comes with the boat? On the boat in general, nice fit and finish, certainly reflected in the price.
It’s very pretty , and I imagine great fun . But I think to me it would be a bit like having an exotic $ 400.000 sports car that you would keep in the garage, but only take out on a sunny Sunday morning blast .
Notice the arma’s are same length as the main hull. This is how they get performance . If the armas are too short they stall out as you see on silly small tri’s with float type armas! These are well made boats Cheers Warren
with some tweaks like tender space, hydro regen, lithium battery bank, freezer and watermaker this could well be an around the world boat for 2 and occasionally 3-4 pax... very nice
LOL. This boat has a sail away price of $4000,000+ Add another $100,000 in tweaks and your talking half-a=mil for a 32 foot boat. If I were looking to go around the world, and had a $500,000 to spend, this would not be the boat I'd want to do it in. I'm sure on the right water, in the right conditions, it's a blast. Circumnavigating? Not so much.
Hey Jordan, what happened to your HAIR? 8 - 0 Besides that, this is a very nice sailboat. It seems to be a mono hull with external "stabilizers". : - ) It also seems that this is a NEW boat, not an, all-by-itself, used boat. That's a hefty price tag to go with it too. But when you multiply the hull number, you multiply the price as well.
I'd take Corsair 31 (or Farrier F-32AX) over this Dragonfly any day! 1650kg vs 3200kg dry weight will make a world of difference when it comes to actual speed. Also, Corsair31/F-32/33 are towable, which means a huge saving on winter dry storage, hauling out and maintenance. Once you get sailing and the everyday mess sets in, believe me, the quality of trim and interior design in this small space will be the least of things you pay attention to or appreciate. That being said, Dragonfly's cockpit arrangement is nice (the wheel, the winches) although the mainsheet rail location could be addressed more creatively. But Corsair/Farrier's in-boom furling mainsheet is just awesome! Another huge advantage of Corsair/Farrier is that it folds to 2.54m beam - i.e. towable with an ordinary car, and still fitting in that cheaper
I do absolutely agree! I dislike the complicated technics behind the folding mechanism ... beeing "closed out" behind the steering wheel ... cannot beach because of the inboard engine ... For that amount of money you should be able to expect a safe, smart and good looking boat - which this boat is not
The cockpit mainsheet and traveller system are great for racing but better position would be forward of the cockpit making it safer for cruising. unless you're very attentive to that mainsheet tension and have a boom preventor always fitted for downwind work. The mainsheet can be extremely dangerous during unexpected gybing in strong winds unless you are constantly watching it. seems like very little space to get around it to get to the wheel as well. Did you test sail it?
They are gorgeous and, as a Dane, I probably should agree, that they are amazing and recommendable. However, the price is the enemy of these boats, this 32 trimaran actually having the same base price as a Neel 43. Still think it is roomy, in that comparison? It is essentially a monohul with outriggers! The selling point is however, that these Dragonfly boats can fit into a monohul docking space, with the outriggers folded in, so maybe in that sense it can redeem some of it's pricetag on those savings, if you plan to spend much time in marinas.
The hair on head and face both are a good look for you sailor,keep sporting them…more trimarans,this one is livable. Wonder how it actually sails on big seas. Fast is nice but safe is essential. Across the beam huge waves could be a concern. Would have liked more info on sea worthiness of this vessel. All in all a beaute.
I own a Dragonfly 32 Supreme which is same rig as the Evo but different floats. We delivered the boat from St. Petersburg to Gulfport, MS and during the last 12 hours of that trip, we had to sail through a cold front on a beam reach in 22-28 knots of wind. We used the 2nd reef in our mainsail and the first reef in our jib and the boat was just great with our boatspeed in the low teens. The sea state in the Gulf was pretty nasty and every once in a while we got slammed beam on by a big wave but the boat never lost her footing nor did we feel we were losing any control. I was very happy and impressed with how the boat did and keep in mind this was at night in the dark.
Compared to the Dragonfly 32 the Corsair 36 is somewhat primitive But the Dragonfly's "nosebleed" price is is more inline with well heeled Nordic sailors. Still a 20 year old Corsair 36 in good shape is commanding 6 figures. I suppose I need to dust off my zoot suit for next season's adventures.
Something that jumped out at me that wasn't explained was the hinged board on the starboard settee. What was that for? I thought it was to turn the settee into a birth but the board wasn't full length?
10:00 I like many things about the Dragonfly boats, but the galley is never one of them. The galley is inadequate. The sink is too small. There is no countertop space for food prep or dirty dishes. Refrigeration is inadequate. The majority of the main saloon is taken up by a dining table and seating for six people. The only way you're going to feed six people on this boat is to pull up to a dock and order pizza and paper plates. The other thing I am really curious about is how is this boat electrically powered? There is an electric cooktop, an electric oven, a small refrigerator, lights, bilge pump, navigation equipment and one small solar panel on the bow. What is the house battery capacity? How long must the diesel engine run per day to charge the batteries? As I said, I like Dragonflys for sailing. They're pretty, well built, fast, fun and the two I've been on were a blast when sailing. I just don't see how you could live on one for more than a day or two.
My wife and I own a 2016 DF32 Supreme so need to comment on some of your observations. The stove and oven are gas, not electric powered. The refrigerator is actually not that small as it extends more forward than the video shows. We have the option of three (3) solar panels and we added the option of a 3rd house battery and we never have to run the engine solely for charging the batteries even after a full night of sailing with autopilot, running lights, and instruments running (battery bank still at 12.5 volts). We sail as a couple and we added a 12v portable freezer that is stowed in the aft cabin. The criticism of the galley I will agree with you on is the room for food prep and dirty dishes. We have ideas on making that better. We also have a portable gas grill that I can set up on a dock or on the aft seat of the cockpit that make the galley work easier. We have a storage bag for the grill and store it in a float when not in use (see below). Stowage wise, we have the optional extra hatch on the floats and it adds a huge amount of storage space. We carry two inflatable paddle boards and we also have an inflatable Takacat dinghy (10 footer) along with a Torqeedo 3 HP motor that we stow (all) in the floats. We also carry a portable Honda generator in case we want 110VAC off grid and we use it primarily for heating and cooling (we live on the Gulf coast). The generator and fuel can be stored in a float. Additionally we carry 8 gallons of fuel and 10 gallons of extra water (again in the floats) which allows us to stay off grid for at least 5-7 days and have a motoring range of 300-350 miles. I believe this boat is excellent for a couple to cruise on. We don’t feel like we are camping and the boat’s sail plan is very manageable. It’s quite cool to sail fully loaded for cruising at 10-12 knots plus the pitch stability of the boat (the floats are longer than the main hull) make for a very comfortable motion in choppy seas.
You have to compare it to the DF28- the DF32 is a different class; I am able to stand up in a 880 and it seems even bigger than the 970- so I agree the 880 sets the standard. What I don’t like on the 880 is that it will bounce from one ama to the other- not quite sure about sleeping overnight on it.
I like the Dragonfly as a sailing boat. I would like to have one for fun and excitement! They, and this one in particular, are fast and pretty and well made. But this boat as a cruiser, not much to like. For anything longer than an overnighter, this is definitely only a two person boat. There is absolutely no reason to take up almost the entire main cabin with a dining table for eight. It's ridiculous, a complete waste of space. Unless you are serving peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, the galley is completely inadequate to prepare and serve a meal for eight and even if you did, where are you going to clean the dishes, cutlery, pots and pans afterwards, in that teeny, tiny little sink? The also very small cold storage in the dining area sole is under the feet of at least one diner and is so small, it would be completely emptied of food and beverages after a single eight person meal. Also, is it an icebox or does it have a compressor with cold plate? Cut the table down to a dinette and get rid of that starboard side settee and build it up as a counter top with refrigeration and storage underneath. Then you will have useable space for maintenance and repair work and galley countertop for preparing food. The other issue I see is that this is a two person boat and it takes two people in the cockpit to sail it. The helmsman is not trapped, but at least constrained, behind the traveler while the winches for the sails are all forward of the traveler. So, when two people are cruising, who is ever off watch? I suspect it will become very tiresome very quickly having to climb back and forth over the traveler while under way.
No one is saying you will go cruising with 8 people on this boat and I doubt you will go cruising or host 8 people for dinner on a 32’ monohull. As the owner of one of these boats, I will say that it is fantastic for a couple to cruise on and will still work fine with a couple of kids or even another pair of adults that want to come along. We did a three day delivery when we bought the boat with three on board and we easily stored all the perishable food in the boat’s 12V cold box and kept an ice chest with block ice and drinks in one of the floats. The boat is very easy to sail. The winches for the mainsheet and traveler are placed fine for working from behind the traveler. You can put the boat on autopilot if you are the only one behind the traveler and easily make mainsheet and traveler adjustments or you can have a trimmer with you (still behind the traveler). Forward of the traveler can be the sailor handling the headsail trim (whether jib, Code Zero, or gennaker) as well as the other controls.
Not a real fan of trimarans , especially with lines and rigging everywhere . Yep I know they are FAST ! The only cat I ever had was a HOBIE 16 😂 . I was looking at the specifications at the end of your tour and it said "unsinkable" didn't they say that about Titanic ? 😁 I "likes " my mono hull .
i know the DF32 isnt designed for trailerability, but any1 know if the mast can be raised/lowered as easily as on the 25 and 28? a wide load permit isnt a problem really.
My observation is that while these performance cats and tri's are potentially fast, in real world practice it depends substantially on the wind direction and sea state as to whether they realize that potential. If you are out daysailing and don't have a particular direction in mind, you can orient the boat to get favorable conditions and tap into that speed potential. But, if you are cruising and want/need to go in a specific direction and reach a destination, unless the wind and waves are perfectly aligned for that point of sail, you are going to be at a disadvantage to a monohull that can use it's higher pointing ability and its displacement to get there faster and in more comfort. And at some point, these lightweight multi-hulls become very uncomfortable due to bouncing and slamming. I've owned smaller performance multi-hulls and cruising monohulls, so I speak from experience.
@@svechappe6075 Hi - An interesting side note is that scheduled marine fright didn't exist until the age of the motor. Sailing ships didn't have a schedule because they couldn't keep one. If you want to go somewhere you can't decide how fast you are going, and if you want to go fast you can't choose where you are going.
@@svechappe6075 I have to strongly disagree with the generality of what you are claiming. I owned a 24’ Corsair Sprint 750 tri for 16 years and now own a Dragonfly 32 Supreme which has the same rig as the Evolution in this video. Both boats are quite fast on ALL points of sail including upwind. In light air if you use a Code Zero upwind correctly, you will be faster and as high as most racing monohulls. We proved this time and time again with our Sprint where we could race boat for boat upwind in light air with boats like a J-111, Esse 950, J-120, etc. If the breeze built over 10-12 knots and we went back with our jib, we could crack off 3-5 degrees and sail at 9-11 knots with better VMG the same mono’s. Your statement could be correct about many cruising catamarans but the Corsairs and Dragonfly’s are very fast and balanced on all points of sail.
@@bobhodges3116 Hi Bob, I don't disagree with your statement, but my comment was in the context of cruising, meaning not just VMG, but also comfort. That means what kind of conditions are you and your family willing to endure on a 6-8 hour sail to s specific destination when pointing a light performance cat upwind versus a monohull. If you are facing 3-5 foot seas and trying to point 45 degrees apparent for a day long sail, what does that ride feel like before you decide to fall off the wind to reduce the pounding and thereby reduce your VMG to your destination versus a monohull that can be relatively comfortable in that situation. That's the context in which I was speaking. Every type of boat has its compromises. It just depends on what type of sailing you are doing that determines which type of boat is best suited for you and your preferences.
@@svechappe6075 You are grouping cats with tri's and IMO it's not a valid comparison. The boats have completely different sailing characteristics. I'll take a Corsair Cruze 970 or the Dragonfly 32 over any 35'-45' cruising or racing monohull for any kind of upwind sailing that most cruisers (and racers) will do in the working conditions of 4-35 knots using appropriate reefing systems to manage the sailplan. The latest generation of higher performance larger cruising catamarans are pretty impressive upwind also. I had a nice gig on a Gunboat 66 racing in St. Maarten for six years and that boat was pretty impressive upwind in big wind and sea state against 60'-100' foot maxi's upwind and in most cases downwind we were faster than these boats that needed 15-25 for crew (where we had 8 on the Gunboat). Both catamaran and trimaran design evolution have really progressed in the last 20 years based on a lot of trickle down learned from higher performance multihull technology including development from the America's Cup. We (my wife and I) were out sailing our Dragonfly 32 Supreme a couple of weeks ago in 12-15 knots of wind and we were doing 9-10 knots upwind with a tacking angle around 95 degrees, 10 degrees of heel, smooth motion in the sea state. There are tradeoffs with tris (mainly cost and less interior space) but if you love to sail, there's no better boat especially if you have an effective beam reduction system (like the Dragonfly and smaller Rapidos) for the marina. I can also testify that tri's hold their value pretty well. We bought our Corsair Sprint 750 in 2006 for $66k and in 2022 sold it for $40k. Our decision to spend the money for the Dragonfly 32 was based on as good or even better resale retention with proper care and maintenance.
Depends on how you want to use it. If you want to race it, you just keep the storage compartments empty. If you want to cruise with the boat, you fill them up. This boat can satisfy two purposes, race boat and cruiser.
the son of the Designer is 192cm tall and he can stand easily, there is a vid on the Designers YT channel where Peter (the Son) is showing himself in all parts of the boat - Google Dragonfly 32 Virtual Tour
@@SOLDOZER And what do you base that statement on? I own one of these boats and it is very comfortable to cruise on. If you reef correctly even in 25-30 knots of wind the boat feels manageable, fast, and is not on its ear. The beam of the boat keeps the crew much better protected from waves and spray.
I’ve singlehanded my DF32 on daysailing and coastal excursions and I believe I could do a longer passage if I developed a safe and sound sleep strategy (or just heave to). You would need to be more proactive and conservative reefing as the sail plan is relatively powerful.
Fair enough for you but not for a lot of other people. The number of catamarans in the ARC transatlantic rally keeps growing and the French tri’s do hold all the around the world records.
Who ever is not convinced: - Pull up the sails - they are not 32' sails, much stronger - trim the sails and hold on not been thrown out of the cockpit while the biest is accelerating .... - behind the boat you will see a trail never seen on a sailing boat. - watch out, waters are narrow at these speeds!
Fairly standard on performance trimarans. It's like they are the F1 cars of the sea - loaded with insane technology. Check out any videos on corsair trimarans by multihull central from Sydney. They do a good job explaining the logic behind it.
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It’s been awhile since I’ve really watched any sailing channels reason being at one time not so long ago I was truly close enough to get one but had to give up the dream and gave my mother whom I love with all my heart the money I needed in pursuit of fulfilling my dreams of owning and sailing as you all are doing, but I wanted you and your wife to know how much I appreciate your channel, when I 1st started watching sailing channels yours and a few others stuck out among the many and its great to see your still at it,thank you for sharing all that you do and wishing nothing but the best for you and your family,maybe one day Lord willing before it’s to late I’m hoping to get a chance to experience what you and all the other sailing channels go through, and if any of your viewers are believers please send me some prayers of hope and healing beating my cancer… take care everyone enjoy all that life has given you and make the best of it …
I hope you and your family are doing well. Not sure the situation in Alaska, but a great way to do some sailing without owning a boat is to join a local sailing club and take lessons there, if you haven't already. In the lower 48 there are sailing clubs almost everywhere, including places like Colorado and Nebraska, not just the coasts.
Thx for giving us another tri to see! For anyone shopping, there's a beautiful 39' version Dragonfly for sale in San Francisco for about $100k less than this 32' MSRP. And just a little reality check on cruising speeds; this boat ain't gonna go 2-3x faster than the 32' monohull for daily averages. More like 20-25% faster on a multi-day trip. But those extra 2 or 3 knots per hour do add up nicely.
Great video. Thanks for the tour. I absolutely LOVE that boat! This boat is 10x better than the products from Corsair. Looks super comfortable, safe, livable and I bet sails really fast! That is the boat I shall look for as my next adventure awaits! This boat would do great in the Salish Sea!
Amazing looking boat. Can’t believe how spacious it is on the inside.
Nice boat! I sailed one of the 1st Dragonfly 25s to hit the US market and she sailed beautifully even in very light winds that day. The 25 is designed to be a high performance weekender and was very light weight with simple but elegant interior. The Danes know how to build a fine boat.
Hey haircut! ;) Quite a different look than last year and I wondered how things are going in CN during your 1st real winter. A big difference than Florida winters for sure.
Thanks much for the video tour. The interior styling is very nice and the overall boat is great.
The insides of this are amazing. Its better than my apartment
I am a trimaran skipper of a Condor 30 footer. She is a good sailor. Her problem is that you have to disassemble/reassemble when trailering her. That ain't no joke man. It is a full days work. Look, this boat is so gorgeous it makes me nipples hard. But she is a heavy boat...really heavy...Look at Multihull Direct out of Subic Bay at their 33 footer...then compare the DF32. Weight is everything in a trimaran. I wrote them a note tonight that said they should make a 30 foot trailerable. You can buy used 40 foot fast cats for less than 250-300K all day long that are outfitted for extended cruising. Take a look at Asia Cats or Schionnings...even Catanas...even Cris White Atlantic cats...you can buy Corsair 37's under 200 K very easily. The price of the DF is for a very wealthy yachtsman that can afford it. Think of the guys who buy Italian supercars...for what reason? Status, girl magnet, bragging rights at the yacht regattas, and speed fixes. Same kind of guy...IMHO
You are totally obsessed with the word STORAGE! with is ok ,also opening every closet and door in every boat.
Your films are Great,keep up the good work!
Top quality review. Nice to see the highly detailed specifications at the end. Beautiful boat.
A few comments from Cruising World - The Dragonfly isn’t a cheap boat. The base price is $350,000, and the version we sailed had a price tag of about $400,000. But the build quality was impressive, and the equipment and hardware were top-shelf.
For me the higher price and craftsmanship is worth it as opposed to purchasing a boat made in a Communist Country.
I brought one for one dollar $$$$
I just purchased a 1980 Kristopherson designed trimaran.Im back home in Ontario till spring and then we'll talk .My boat is out in B.C.I just met her ;installed a cubic grizzly and came home to finish a boat build for Blackbird boats.So I love your channel and I guess a welcome to Canada is in order.Hope you and the family are well. IM the electronic stowaway. My Fri was built-in Victoria by a man named Harold Aune.I can't wait to get out and get on down the ocean.The tri is named Koyote ( means new beginnings)All the best mac out.🇨🇦🇨🇦🏴☠️🏴☠️🎶🎶🎙🎙🎤🎤🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🎶🎙🏴☠️🇨🇦🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🏴☠️
You look good with the clean cut style. I love it!
Looks like Paul’s boat - don’t forget the eberspacher heater and the bow thruster- I agree with you the boat is a dream and I wish you could trailer it.
Ditto. I thought the point of a fold up tri was all about trailering it.
@@keebearfull not only, also to reduce marina costs
A beautiful boat, i love trimarans since i watched the movie “waterworld” when i was a little kid
Hi really enjoy your channel, if you ever get a chance to review the 40ft DF carbon that would be great. Any thoughts on how these would fare as a blue water cruiser? For a couple or even single handed?
That boat is gorgeous. My dream is to sail the seas in something like this.
My too!
Me three. Trimaran and the 7 seas.
This is the boat I would want. Keep it light and outrun the weather. I want somebody to take it across oceans and make video.
Look for some delivery videos. I know a professional crew from germany sailed one to the azores or so with some stormy weather and high waves. Was one of the 30+ feet ones.
When sailing with small kids, how do you feel about their cockpit security with that open transom under the helm seat? We raised three kids from newborns on our boats and that would worry me a bit. You may think they will stay in front of the helm on the benches, but our experience suggests that all you have to do is look the other way and oops! At minimum, you might have to baby proof that opening with some kind of measure. Unless there's some kind of panel that drops in there that comes with the boat? On the boat in general, nice fit and finish, certainly reflected in the price.
Nice boat.
You look a whole lot sharper with your haircut.
very smart cabin layout
It’s very pretty , and I imagine great fun . But I think to me it would be a bit like having an exotic $ 400.000 sports car that you would keep in the garage, but only take out on a sunny Sunday morning blast .
Notice the arma’s are same length as the main hull. This is how they get performance . If the armas are too short they stall out as you see on silly small tri’s with float type armas!
These are well made boats
Cheers Warren
Hey Nice Review.
Will you Please try and do their 40ft model if you can find one. I am considering the 40' for a Charter business. Thanks.
Please do a video on the 40'. : )
Great vid. Thanks! How would you compare this DF against the Corsair?
Great weekend cruiser. Maybe for a week or two. Not a fan of all the line clutter. Looks like a lot of trip hazards. But I like the concept.
Good lookin boat, great tour!
with some tweaks like tender space, hydro regen, lithium battery bank, freezer and watermaker this could well be an around the world boat for 2 and occasionally 3-4 pax... very nice
LOL. This boat has a sail away price of $4000,000+ Add another $100,000 in tweaks and your talking half-a=mil for a 32 foot boat. If I were looking to go around the world, and had a $500,000 to spend, this would not be the boat I'd want to do it in. I'm sure on the right water, in the right conditions, it's a blast. Circumnavigating? Not so much.
Awesome boat, thanks for sharing!
Nice hair cut.That was a cool shock
I would love to see you do a sailing test of this boat.. How is your corsair doing?
In fine cabinetry that "garage door" for the cabinet is called a Tambour.
Yes,its dragonfly❤
Hey Jordan, what happened to your HAIR? 8 - 0 Besides that, this is a very nice sailboat. It seems to be a mono hull with external "stabilizers". : - ) It also seems that this is a NEW boat, not an, all-by-itself, used boat. That's a hefty price tag to go with it too. But when you multiply the hull number, you multiply the price as well.
I'd take Corsair 31 (or Farrier F-32AX) over this Dragonfly any day! 1650kg vs 3200kg dry weight will make a world of difference when it comes to actual speed. Also, Corsair31/F-32/33 are towable, which means a huge saving on winter dry storage, hauling out and maintenance.
Once you get sailing and the everyday mess sets in, believe me, the quality of trim and interior design in this small space will be the least of things you pay attention to or appreciate.
That being said, Dragonfly's cockpit arrangement is nice (the wheel, the winches) although the mainsheet rail location could be addressed more creatively. But Corsair/Farrier's in-boom furling mainsheet is just awesome!
Another huge advantage of Corsair/Farrier is that it folds to 2.54m beam - i.e. towable with an ordinary car, and still fitting in that cheaper
I do absolutely agree!
I dislike the complicated technics behind the folding mechanism ... beeing "closed out" behind the steering wheel ... cannot beach because of the inboard engine ...
For that amount of money you should be able to expect a safe, smart and good looking boat - which this boat is
not
My dream boat
Love your hair cut! 😘💙
The cockpit mainsheet and traveller system are great for racing but better position would be forward of the cockpit making it safer for cruising. unless you're very attentive to that mainsheet tension and have a boom preventor always fitted for downwind work. The mainsheet can be extremely dangerous during unexpected gybing in strong winds unless you are constantly watching it. seems like very little space to get around it to get to the wheel as well. Did you test sail it?
How can the cockpit be fully enclosed while sailing when the traveler is ahead of the pedestal?
It can't, D. Thought the same!
Jordan, i like the haircut. Do you still have freebie? Or did you sell it? Havent seen you sailing in a couple of years, so Im guessing its gone.
I'd like to see how quick and easy the folding thing happens.
You find a lot of videos of it on youtube.
Less than 2 minutes
I wonder if Jordan ever finished restoring the the trimaran in his driveway or if it’s become a yard ornament.
I would love to learn to build one of these I would hate having to buy one for so much
How is the cockpit able to be fully enclosed with the traveler right in front of helm ? I don't find this boat appealing in any way .
Do you think you'll take a look at a Neel 43 soon?
They are gorgeous and, as a Dane, I probably should agree, that they are amazing and recommendable. However, the price is the enemy of these boats, this 32 trimaran actually having the same base price as a Neel 43. Still think it is roomy, in that comparison? It is essentially a monohul with outriggers! The selling point is however, that these Dragonfly boats can fit into a monohul docking space, with the outriggers folded in, so maybe in that sense it can redeem some of it's pricetag on those savings, if you plan to spend much time in marinas.
The hair on head and face both are a good look for you sailor,keep sporting them…more trimarans,this one is livable. Wonder how it actually sails on big seas. Fast is nice but safe is essential. Across the beam huge waves could be a concern. Would have liked more info on sea worthiness of this vessel. All in all a beaute.
I own a Dragonfly 32 Supreme which is same rig as the Evo but different floats. We delivered the boat from St. Petersburg to Gulfport, MS and during the last 12 hours of that trip, we had to sail through a cold front on a beam reach in 22-28 knots of wind. We used the 2nd reef in our mainsail and the first reef in our jib and the boat was just great with our boatspeed in the low teens. The sea state in the Gulf was pretty nasty and every once in a while we got slammed beam on by a big wave but the boat never lost her footing nor did we feel we were losing any control. I was very happy and impressed with how the boat did and keep in mind this was at night in the dark.
Compared to the Dragonfly 32 the Corsair 36 is somewhat primitive But the Dragonfly's "nosebleed" price is is more inline with well heeled Nordic sailors. Still a 20 year old Corsair 36 in good shape is commanding 6 figures. I suppose I need to dust off my zoot suit for next season's adventures.
Dream boat.
Did I miss the fridge ? Where is it located ?
Something that jumped out at me that wasn't explained was the hinged board on the starboard settee. What was that for? I thought it was to turn the settee into a birth but the board wasn't full length?
Have you ever had a chance to view a Tes Yacht before?
10:00 I like many things about the Dragonfly boats, but the galley is never one of them. The galley is inadequate. The sink is too small. There is no countertop space for food prep or dirty dishes. Refrigeration is inadequate. The majority of the main saloon is taken up by a dining table and seating for six people. The only way you're going to feed six people on this boat is to pull up to a dock and order pizza and paper plates. The other thing I am really curious about is how is this boat electrically powered? There is an electric cooktop, an electric oven, a small refrigerator, lights, bilge pump, navigation equipment and one small solar panel on the bow. What is the house battery capacity? How long must the diesel engine run per day to charge the batteries?
As I said, I like Dragonflys for sailing. They're pretty, well built, fast, fun and the two I've been on were a blast when sailing. I just don't see how you could live on one for more than a day or two.
My wife and I own a 2016 DF32 Supreme so need to comment on some of your observations. The stove and oven are gas, not electric powered. The refrigerator is actually not that small as it extends more forward than the video shows. We have the option of three (3) solar panels and we added the option of a 3rd house battery and we never have to run the engine solely for charging the batteries even after a full night of sailing with autopilot, running lights, and instruments running (battery bank still at 12.5 volts). We sail as a couple and we added a 12v portable freezer that is stowed in the aft cabin. The criticism of the galley I will agree with you on is the room for food prep and dirty dishes. We have ideas on making that better. We also have a portable gas grill that I can set up on a dock or on the aft seat of the cockpit that make the galley work easier. We have a storage bag for the grill and store it in a float when not in use (see below).
Stowage wise, we have the optional extra hatch on the floats and it adds a huge amount of storage space. We carry two inflatable paddle boards and we also have an inflatable Takacat dinghy (10 footer) along with a Torqeedo 3 HP motor that we stow (all) in the floats. We also carry a portable Honda generator in case we want 110VAC off grid and we use it primarily for heating and cooling (we live on the Gulf coast). The generator and fuel can be stored in a float. Additionally we carry 8 gallons of fuel and 10 gallons of extra water (again in the floats) which allows us to stay off grid for at least 5-7 days and have a motoring range of 300-350 miles.
I believe this boat is excellent for a couple to cruise on. We don’t feel like we are camping and the boat’s sail plan is very manageable. It’s quite cool to sail fully loaded for cruising at 10-12 knots plus the pitch stability of the boat (the floats are longer than the main hull) make for a very comfortable motion in choppy seas.
I like this but would probably go for the corsair 880 over this one. How is your corsair refit going
You have to compare it to the DF28- the DF32 is a different class; I am able to stand up in a 880 and it seems even bigger than the 970- so I agree the 880 sets the standard. What I don’t like on the 880 is that it will bounce from one ama to the other- not quite sure about sleeping overnight on it.
How can that cockpit be fully enclosed with the traveller?
Open rear cockpit would full from any large following wave??? It is pretty big for a boat that small though..
Where did the clean cut guy go that use to run this channel. Can you sale u tube channels ?
Super cool boats…aren’t they pushing 300k new? Can get a mighty fine mono for that price.
I don’t get why the radio is over the galley & not at the nav-station. Id want to swap the distribution panel with the radio.
how tall are u? were u able to sit up straight in the aft cabin?
What a great haircut - was there a boat?
Does the keel lift?
Also one of the most expensive pocket cruisers!
Your hair looks good
I like the Dragonfly as a sailing boat. I would like to have one for fun and excitement! They, and this one in particular, are fast and pretty and well made. But this boat as a cruiser, not much to like. For anything longer than an overnighter, this is definitely only a two person boat. There is absolutely no reason to take up almost the entire main cabin with a dining table for eight. It's ridiculous, a complete waste of space. Unless you are serving peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, the galley is completely inadequate to prepare and serve a meal for eight and even if you did, where are you going to clean the dishes, cutlery, pots and pans afterwards, in that teeny, tiny little sink? The also very small cold storage in the dining area sole is under the feet of at least one diner and is so small, it would be completely emptied of food and beverages after a single eight person meal. Also, is it an icebox or does it have a compressor with cold plate? Cut the table down to a dinette and get rid of that starboard side settee and build it up as a counter top with refrigeration and storage underneath. Then you will have useable space for maintenance and repair work and galley countertop for preparing food.
The other issue I see is that this is a two person boat and it takes two people in the cockpit to sail it. The helmsman is not trapped, but at least constrained, behind the traveler while the winches for the sails are all forward of the traveler. So, when two people are cruising, who is ever off watch? I suspect it will become very tiresome very quickly having to climb back and forth over the traveler while under way.
No one is saying you will go cruising with 8 people on this boat and I doubt you will go cruising or host 8 people for dinner on a 32’ monohull. As the owner of one of these boats, I will say that it is fantastic for a couple to cruise on and will still work fine with a couple of kids or even another pair of adults that want to come along. We did a three day delivery when we bought the boat with three on board and we easily stored all the perishable food in the boat’s 12V cold box and kept an ice chest with block ice and drinks in one of the floats.
The boat is very easy to sail. The winches for the mainsheet and traveler are placed fine for working from behind the traveler. You can put the boat on autopilot if you are the only one behind the traveler and easily make mainsheet and traveler adjustments or you can have a trimmer with you (still behind the traveler). Forward of the traveler can be the sailor handling the headsail trim (whether jib, Code Zero, or gennaker) as well as the other controls.
Not a real fan of trimarans , especially with lines and rigging everywhere . Yep I know they are FAST ! The only cat I ever had was a HOBIE 16 😂 . I was looking at the specifications at the end of your tour and it said "unsinkable" didn't they say that about Titanic ? 😁 I "likes " my mono hull .
I like it beautiful design. One can buy a lot more boat at tha price.
i know the DF32 isnt designed for trailerability, but any1 know if the mast can be raised/lowered as easily as on the 25 and 28? a wide load permit isnt a problem really.
Ask the manufacturer, this boats are craftet not mass produced. If it is payed a lot is possible.
You would need a crane to raise and lower the mast on the 32, it’s 55’ tall from the deck to the mast head, 62’ off the water.
Since when has 32 foot boat been a pocket cruiser?
What's the latest of your F-27?
the price ?? what other boats can i buy at the price range
Is it blue water capable?
You got a real haircut !
Also, I'm always left wondering how fast these fast sailboats are. I see a lot of sailboats in the NY area, and they are motoring most of the time.
My observation is that while these performance cats and tri's are potentially fast, in real world practice it depends substantially on the wind direction and sea state as to whether they realize that potential. If you are out daysailing and don't have a particular direction in mind, you can orient the boat to get favorable conditions and tap into that speed potential. But, if you are cruising and want/need to go in a specific direction and reach a destination, unless the wind and waves are perfectly aligned for that point of sail, you are going to be at a disadvantage to a monohull that can use it's higher pointing ability and its displacement to get there faster and in more comfort. And at some point, these lightweight multi-hulls become very uncomfortable due to bouncing and slamming. I've owned smaller performance multi-hulls and cruising monohulls, so I speak from experience.
@@svechappe6075 Hi - An interesting side note is that scheduled marine fright didn't exist until the age of the motor. Sailing ships didn't have a schedule because they couldn't keep one. If you want to go somewhere you can't decide how fast you are going, and if you want to go fast you can't choose where you are going.
@@svechappe6075 I have to strongly disagree with the generality of what you are claiming. I owned a 24’ Corsair Sprint 750 tri for 16 years and now own a Dragonfly 32 Supreme which has the same rig as the Evolution in this video. Both boats are quite fast on ALL points of sail including upwind. In light air if you use a Code Zero upwind correctly, you will be faster and as high as most racing monohulls. We proved this time and time again with our Sprint where we could race boat for boat upwind in light air with boats like a J-111, Esse 950, J-120, etc. If the breeze built over 10-12 knots and we went back with our jib, we could crack off 3-5 degrees and sail at 9-11 knots with better VMG the same mono’s. Your statement could be correct about many cruising catamarans but the Corsairs and Dragonfly’s are very fast and balanced on all points of sail.
@@bobhodges3116 Hi Bob, I don't disagree with your statement, but my comment was in the context of cruising, meaning not just VMG, but also comfort. That means what kind of conditions are you and your family willing to endure on a 6-8 hour sail to s specific destination when pointing a light performance cat upwind versus a monohull. If you are facing 3-5 foot seas and trying to point 45 degrees apparent for a day long sail, what does that ride feel like before you decide to fall off the wind to reduce the pounding and thereby reduce your VMG to your destination versus a monohull that can be relatively comfortable in that situation. That's the context in which I was speaking. Every type of boat has its compromises. It just depends on what type of sailing you are doing that determines which type of boat is best suited for you and your preferences.
@@svechappe6075 You are grouping cats with tri's and IMO it's not a valid comparison. The boats have completely different sailing characteristics. I'll take a Corsair Cruze 970 or the Dragonfly 32 over any 35'-45' cruising or racing monohull for any kind of upwind sailing that most cruisers (and racers) will do in the working conditions of 4-35 knots using appropriate reefing systems to manage the sailplan. The latest generation of higher performance larger cruising catamarans are pretty impressive upwind also. I had a nice gig on a Gunboat 66 racing in St. Maarten for six years and that boat was pretty impressive upwind in big wind and sea state against 60'-100' foot maxi's upwind and in most cases downwind we were faster than these boats that needed 15-25 for crew (where we had 8 on the Gunboat). Both catamaran and trimaran design evolution have really progressed in the last 20 years based on a lot of trickle down learned from higher performance multihull technology including development from the America's Cup. We (my wife and I) were out sailing our Dragonfly 32 Supreme a couple of weeks ago in 12-15 knots of wind and we were doing 9-10 knots upwind with a tacking angle around 95 degrees, 10 degrees of heel, smooth motion in the sea state. There are tradeoffs with tris (mainly cost and less interior space) but if you love to sail, there's no better boat especially if you have an effective beam reduction system (like the Dragonfly and smaller Rapidos) for the marina. I can also testify that tri's hold their value pretty well. We bought our Corsair Sprint 750 in 2006 for $66k and in 2022 sold it for $40k. Our decision to spend the money for the Dragonfly 32 was based on as good or even better resale retention with proper care and maintenance.
He Keeps talking about storage and the one thing you want on a Tri is to keep the Wright DOWN ! Price $340.000.00
Depends on how you want to use it. If you want to race it, you just keep the storage compartments empty. If you want to cruise with the boat, you fill them up. This boat can satisfy two purposes, race boat and cruiser.
Not all things you may want to store on a Tri necessarily need to be heavy...
How much headroom inside the cabin? - no fun if one can not stand completely.
the son of the Designer is 192cm tall and he can stand easily, there is a vid on the Designers YT channel where Peter (the Son) is showing himself in all parts of the boat - Google Dragonfly 32 Virtual Tour
3 to 4 hundred thousand US dollars? So it's kevlar/ carbon right? _Right?!_
This one makes me think aa trimaran might be a solution to long single handed transits
Too uncomfortable to be a serious cruiser.
@@SOLDOZER And what do you base that statement on? I own one of these boats and it is very comfortable to cruise on. If you reef correctly even in 25-30 knots of wind the boat feels manageable, fast, and is not on its ear. The beam of the boat keeps the crew much better protected from waves and spray.
@@bobhodges3116 Cats are tris are not bluewater boats.
I’ve singlehanded my DF32 on daysailing and coastal excursions and I believe I could do a longer passage if I developed a safe and sound sleep strategy (or just heave to). You would need to be more proactive and conservative reefing as the sail plan is relatively powerful.
Fair enough for you but not for a lot of other people. The number of catamarans in the ARC transatlantic rally keeps growing and the French tri’s do hold all the around the world records.
They need to put out a 50 footer. The 40 footer isn't quit big enough. You can't store a lot of weight in those omas.
Ventilation?
Great, except for stupid placement of radio and nav gear. It will look great covered in cooking vapours/greases.
diesel heater?
I'm guessing it can be fitted. Either by the yard or by somebody else.
You may need that in the Caribbean 😏
@@dwade2026 around the Horn?
Where is the ice box or refrigerator? Seems to be a big miss in design.
Let us see it sailing ….
Who ever is not convinced:
- Pull up the sails - they are not 32' sails, much stronger
- trim the sails and hold on not been thrown out of the cockpit while the biest is accelerating ....
- behind the boat you will see a trail never seen on a sailing boat.
- watch out, waters are narrow at these speeds!
The price is $400,000 - at that price only its incredible performance would ever justify this purchase to a cruiser.
Good look with the hair cut and short beard.
The quality reminds me of a 100k boat, not a 400k boat. You can get a stunning mono-hull for this kind of money. Hell you can even get a cat.
No refrigerator 😞
Gotta go used on a tri but most likely mono .
Rotating mast??
Fairly standard on performance trimarans. It's like they are the F1 cars of the sea - loaded with insane technology. Check out any videos on corsair trimarans by multihull central from Sydney. They do a good job explaining the logic behind it.
watch at minute 7
Easy brother 35
I don't think you quite understand the concept of the term *pocket.* A nearly 12 m boat has never been a pocket ...
Never got trimarans. They are a cross between a catamaran and a cupboard.
There isn’t room to swing a dead cat anywhere on that boat.
Haircut?
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just the price...
Cool boat. But $400K for a weekend boat is for the really rich.