BIRA — ITA 15304
Model: Pogo 40
Pogo StructuresJean-Marie Finot
Updated
BIRA (ITA 15304) is a Pogo 40 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Pogo Structures. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Pogo 40s. Against a typical Pogo 40 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats2
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
73
Race Edge
Pogo 40: 86
458.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
Length
12.18 m
40′ 0″
Beam
4.40 m
Draft
3.00 m
Displacement
5.0 t
Sail area
112 m²
On the podium
Where BIRA finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BIRA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026132- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025117
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats BIRA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (50)
Met too few times for a figure.
HANUNIA (More 40, 2 meetings), ATHIRAT (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 2 meetings), REWIND (Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi), 2 meetings), ZIGGY (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 2 meetings), FLAPPO (First 36.7, 2 meetings), MABELLE II (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), JEUNESSE (Dufour 412, 1 meeting), WIND RIDER (First 40, 1 meeting), MATITU (Solaris 48, 1 meeting), VAVIA (Grand Soleil 343, 1 meeting), ULYSSES PORTOFINO (Swan 60, 1 meeting), GIPSEA (Sun Odyssey 52.2, 1 meeting), MANICCHIA (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), ACCIUGA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), MIZAR COCCODRILLO (Impala 36, 1 meeting), ID&A (Comet 36, 1 meeting), MISTER CRAB (Elan 350, 1 meeting), TATTOO (Dufour 405, 1 meeting), FREYA (Schooner, 1 meeting), MARIA PAOLA (X-402, 1 meeting), BORA FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), GALATEE VA (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 1 meeting), YELLOW (Ziggurat 916, 1 meeting), ANTARES (IMX 40, 1 meeting), BIBA (Elan 410, 1 meeting), GALATEA (Genesi 43, 1 meeting), FOTITIENG (Swan 482, 1 meeting), LULU (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 1 meeting), MOHBARAK 5 (Swan 54, 1 meeting), PAPAZULU (Rm 136, 1 meeting), FALCOR (Centurion 40, 1 meeting), NAIR (Elan 410, 1 meeting), REVEIL (Elan 40, 1 meeting), LARTHIA (More 40, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), BIBA (Elan S4, 1 meeting), PORTHOS (Elan 450, 1 meeting), ANITA (Bavaria 41, 1 meeting), PRINCE S (Nauticat 43, 1 meeting), VOX SEA (Figaro 1, 1 meeting), KITO1930 (Latini 52, 1 meeting), ATACUBE (First 40.7, 1 meeting), SOFIA (Oceanis 43, 1 meeting), NESSUNO (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), ARRICCIASPICCIA II (First 35 (Berret), 1 meeting), JUA KALI (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), ANTARTIX (Bavaria Match 38, 1 meeting), MAKEBA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), AQUILANTE (Comet 383, 1 meeting), NASHORN (Baltic 51, 1 meeting)
How BIRA compares with a typical Pogo 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Pogo 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Pogo 40; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Pogo 40 on the downwind.
Speed at every angle
BIRA in blue, a typical Pogo 40 dashed.
BIRA in blue, a typical Pogo 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Pogo 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Pogo 40
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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