ABOUT
Quorning Boats established
Quorning brothers Borge (Jens’ father) and Bent establish Quorning Boats on its current site outside the fishing village of Skaerbaek, to build trimarans for the European market
Prior to establishing Multihull Solutions, Al was already the proud owner of an original Dragonfly 25. This followed many years of racing and cruising multihulls, including over c.30,000nm around the UK, transAtlantic and the Mediterranean.
He is a qualified industrial designer with experience of multihull design. He co-designed the innovative, wheel-chair accessible 36ft catamaran Spirit of Scott Bader. He also undertook design work for Dame Ellen MacArthur’s Offshore Challenges and the Volvo Ocean Race.
His first multihull was the legendary Hobie 16. Since then he’s sailed a huge variety of multihulls, including many production and racing boats. Exceeding 40 knots aboard a spectacular 105ft maxi-catamaran remains a highlight, and there’s even been the occasional monohull, notably Ellen MacArthur’s famous ‘Kingfisher’ Open 60.
However, Al’s first sail on a racing trimaran was a ‘light-bulb’ moment. The superior handling and performance of the trimaran was immediately evident.
Therefore, when the time came to own a multihull for both family cruising and racing, it had to be a trimaran. Al’s experience of most major brands left only one boat in the running: a Dragonfly.
Becoming a Dragonfly owner led to meeting the previous UK dealer, who later recommended Al to Jens Quorning as his successor. This led to Al establishing Multihull Solutions Ltd in 2005.
Another highlight was filming aboard our Dragonfly 920 with Richard Hammond of ‘Top Gear’ and ‘The Grand Tour’ fame. This was for his ‘Engineering Connections’ series, which aired on National Geographic and BBC. His final comment to camera was: “I can’t believe the speed of this thing!”.
Today Multihull Solutions Ltd is one of the longest-serving Dragonfly dealers. Al sails a Dragonfly 28 with his family, based in the beautiful Chichester Harbour on the south coast.
results on a variety of catamarans and trimarans include multiple Round the Island races, including class wins.
Other highlights include:
“We are very pleased to have Al Wood on board the Dragonfly Team, after taking very good care of the UK market for Dragonfly Trimarans for 15 years. Al is very professional and you are in very good hands before and not least also after you received your new or secondhand Dragonfly from Al”
Jens Quorning, CEO Quorning Boats ApS
All parts of a Dragonfly trimaran are designed and built in-house, and many other key suppliers are also local. The skilled workforce of around 50 people produce around 50 trimarans per year. Dragonfly has also been the choice of champions, including Olympic sailing legend Paul Elvstrøm. Paul’s last boat for 10 years was a modified DF 800, and Elvstrøm Sails remain a key partner to this day.
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