Pogo Structures

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Pogo Structures
Company type Privately held company
Industry Boat building
Founded1987
Headquarters,
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]

See also

References

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  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.