Pogo Structures

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Pogo Structures
Type Privately held company
Industry Boat building
Founded1987
Headquarters
Combrit
,
France
Key people
Christian Bouroullec
Products Sailboats
Website www.pogostructures.com

Pogo Structures is a French boat builder founded in Quimper by Christian Bouroullec in 1987. The company moved in 1990 to Combrit, [1] specializes in the design and manufacture of racing and cruising sailboats. [2] [3] It launched its first motor boat in 2017. [4]

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As of 2020, the 80 people shipyard has produced 900 boats, with an average of 55 per year over the last few years. [5]

Construction

Pogo Structures uses, since 2004, the vacuum infusion process to build lightweight and stiff fiberglass sandwich boats. [6] Starting 2007, the cruising range benefits from a lifting keel option. [7]

Cruising sailboats

NameDesignerYears LOA No. BuiltNotes
Pogo 50 Finot-Conq 2012-present15.20 m (49.9 ft) [8]
Pogo 44 Finot-Conq2020-present13.55 m (44.5 ft) [9]
Pogo 12.50 Finot-Conq2011-202212.50 m (41.0 ft)82 [10]
Pogo 40 Finot-Conq2005-200912.18 m (40.0 ft)45 [11]
Pogo 36 Finot-Conq2016-present10.86 m (35.6 ft)
Pogo 10.50 Finot-Conq2008-201410.50 m (34.4 ft)75 [12] [13]
Pogo 30 Finot-Conq2013-present9.14 m (30.0 ft)
Pogo 8.50 Pierre Rolland 1999-20108.50 m (27.9 ft)187Voiles Magazine sailboat of the Year 2001 [14]

Racing sailboats

NameDesignerYears LOA No. BuiltNotes
Pogo 40s4 Guillaume Verdier 2020-present12.19 m (40.0 ft) [15]
Pogo 40s3 Finot-Conq2014-201612.18 m (40.0 ft) [16]
Pogo 40s2 Finot-Conq2009-201412.18 m (40.0 ft) [17]
Pogo foiler Guillaume Verdier2018-present6.50 m (21.3 ft) [18]
Pogo 3 Guillaume Verdier2015-present6.50 m (21.3 ft)
Pogo 2 Finot-Conq2003-20096.50 m (21.3 ft)111 [19] [20]
Pogo Pierre Roland1994-20026.50 m (21.3 ft)124 [21]

Motor boats

NameDesignerYears LOA No. BuiltNotes
Loxo 32 Pogo Structures2017-present9.50 m (31.2 ft)
Loxo 32 outboard Pogo Structures2020-present9.50 m (31.2 ft) [22]
Loxo 32 electric Pogo Structures2020-present9.50 m (31.2 ft) [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pogo Structures". infogreffe.com.
  2. ↑ "Pogo Structures". sailboatdata.com.
  3. ↑ "The shipyard". Pogo Structures website.
  4. ↑ "Is the best motorboat a sailboat without a mast? The Loxo 32 from Pogo is here!". Scandinavian Mariner magazine. 6 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Interview of Christian Bouroullec". No frills sailing.
  6. ↑ "Loxo 32: Pogo's Power Cruiser". Professional BoatBuilder magazine. 24 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Pogo announces the arrival of the Pogo 44". yachtingart.
  8. ↑ "ARC: designer and builder go racing". Yachting World. 28 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "New Pogo 44 is Something Completely Different". Blue Water Sailing. 22 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "In production since 2010, the 82nd and last Pogo 12.50 has been delivered!". Pogo - Chantier Naval Structures. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Pogo 40". Pogo Structures website.
  12. ↑ "Pogo 10.50". Pogot Structures website.
  13. ↑ "Pogo 10.50". boat-specs.com.
  14. ↑ "Pogo 8.50". boat-specs.com.
  15. ↑ "Pogo 40s4". Ouest Atlantis (in French).
  16. ↑ "Pogo 40s3". boat-specs.com.
  17. ↑ "Pogo 40s2". boat-specs.com.
  18. ↑ "A new pogo 6.50 currently under construction at Pogo Structures". Guillaume Verdier architecture navale.
  19. ↑ "Pogo 2". Pogo Structures website.
  20. ↑ "Pogo 2". Group Finot.
  21. ↑ "Pogo 1". Pogo Structures website.
  22. ↑ "Presentation of the new boat POGO-Structures: The LOXO 32 version Outboard". Sail World.
  23. ↑ "Pogo, Oceanvolt combine for Loxo 32 electric cruiser". plugboats.com. 15 March 2020.
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