Dragonfly 32 Evolution Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Dragonfly 32 Evolution means looking at a Quorning Boats trimaran that folds to a narrow harbor beam yet opens into a 27-foot performance cruiser. These boats were built as the more powerful Evolution variant with taller rig and wave-piercing floats, and a used example should be judged on the strength of its composite structure and the condition of its folding system rather than on cosmetic trim.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Dragonfly 32 Evolution is a central-hull trimaran with sleeping for six and 1.93 meters of headroom in the main cabin plus 1.87 meters in the toilet section. Standard interiors are lighter ash wood, while some owners specified the optional luxurious elm wood finish. The folding horizontal kinematics reduce beam to 12 feet 8 inches in harbor, so most examples will fit a normal slip despite the open 27-foot cruising width.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Well-equipped used Dragonfly 32 Evolutions commonly carry solar, bow thrusters, electric winches, watermakers, heating, hot water, biminis, cockpit showers, AIS, autopilots, lithium batteries, inverters, and chartplotters as standard market fitments. For buyer consequence, the power and energy cluster — solar, lithium batteries, inverter, and watermaker — determines whether a boat is set for independent anchoring or short-hop motoring. Canvas and sail-handling items such as the bimini and electric winches ease short-handed trimaran operation, while navigation gear including AIS, autopilot, and chartplotter supports offshore passages. Less common owner upgrades sometimes seen are code zero, gennaker, asymmetric spinnaker, radar, EPIRB, life raft, and short-handed rigging.
What to Inspect
The Dragonfly 32 Evolution uses a foam, glass, and polyester sandwich throughout, with checkered foam that absorbs excess resin in the Airex grooves and allows shaping flexibility but is not the lightest core anchor. Arms are vinylester resin with superior mechanical characteristics, and all parts are contact-laminated by hand without infusion anchor. Inspect the wide covering-lip glue joints where decks and hulls meet after bulkhead installation, and confirm the horizontal folding kinematics and the high-stress arms show no delamination or resin starvation.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for used Dragonfly 32 Evolutions include the United States, France, Greece, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. A practical buyer checklist: verify folding beam operation to 12'8" harbor width, confirm vinylester arm condition, check foam-sandwich glue lines, and review whether solar, lithium, watermaker, and autopilot are fitted for your intended use.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Dragonfly 32 Evolution. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 9 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 1 | $388,744 | — |
| Mar 25 | 2 | $449,900 | +15.7% |
| Sep 25 | 3 | $524,000 | +16.5% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $524,000 | 0.0% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $333,050 | -36.4% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $333,050 | 0.0% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $333,050 | 0.0% |
| Sep 26 | 2 | $388,469 | +16.6% |
| Oct 26 | 1 | $433,299 | +11.5% |
Where they're listed
Dragonfly 32 Evolution listings appear across 5 countries. United Kingdom has the most listings with 2 (25.0%), followed by Greece and Croatia.
Country view
8 listings · 5 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $388,469 | 2 | 2 | 25.0% |
| Greece | $333,050 | 2 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Croatia | $333,050 | 2 | 2 | 25.0% |
| France | $433,299 | 1 | 1 | 12.5% |
| United States | $524,000 | 1 | 0 | 12.5% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance 28 | 28.71' | $ 162,890 | 37 | 7 |
| Dragonfly 35 | 35.04' | $ 239,135 | 15 | 3 |
| Dragonfly 920 | 30.18' | $ 83,419 | 15 | 9 |
| Trimaran 36 | 36' | $ 100,103 | 10 | 4 |
| Dragonfly 32 EvolutionYou are here | — | $ 360,394 | 8 | 5 |