How to Hoist Mainsail, Genoa & Spinnaker on a Trimaran

In this video, I'll demonstrate how to hoist the mainsail, genoa, and spinnaker on a Dragonfly 28 Touring trimaran.

For a detailed, step-by-step guide, you can also refer to the owner’s manual, which is available on the Dragonfly website (Dragonfly.dk). ‪@Quorningboats‬

Key Notes:

1. On a Dragonfly, the preventer and boom vang share the same control line.

2. The barber hauler, shown at 4:09 in the video, is the green control line with the lead ring. It must be released to properly sheet in the genoa.

3. When lowering the spinnaker, it's usually best to have the genoa out. However, in this video, due to light wind conditions, I opted not to. This also made it easier to clearly show the process.

4. I hoisted and lowered all sails singlehandedly, thanks to the ergonomic layout of the Dragonfly. If you have a crew, they can hoist the sock while you handle the tack line. In this demonstration, we pre-pulled the tack line slack before raising the sock, but for beginners, I recommend pulling the tack line and hoisting the sock simultaneously.


0:00 Intro
0:10 Mainsail cover
0:45 Mainsail hoist
2:10 Autohelm / Outboard
3:48 Genoa
4:20 Preventer
5:18 Gennaker set-up/hoist
10:15 Gennaker retrieval