DRAGONFLY Trimarans User Forum

In our mast the reefing lines runs in these blocks... Hope this helps

I guess you mean the two block just above the boom. Those are for the main reef, you should not remove these lines without replacing them with guiding lines - so you can run the lines for the reef easy even with mast up.

I noticed in a different post a picture showing an Electric outboard motor on an 800. What are your experience? Power, possible distance, weight etc.

That is the way to do it! Since the boat is in such shallow water there is little risk of powerboat waves and tidal changes are minor in Sweden.. Mooring like that is one of the biggest pro's with multihull sailing!

It looks like there is something stuck to the stays for the bow sprit... Possibly That stay was misstaken for a waterstay? If so; that could be a reasonable explaination.

How does the mast rake affect sailing on a dragonfly? I am worried our mast has to much rake, my theory is that it leads to less power and possibly make it more difficult to tighten forestay, correct? I tried hanging an anchor in the main halyard and it hang aproximatley 50 cm or more behind the mas...

The annual ginger bread boat event on blur.se has started! Dragonfly are represented by our DF800 #187 (it is boat #19) please have a look and wote for multihull! Before christmas...

Link: http://www.blur.se/2010/12/20/sweetaste ... 010-rosta/