Pogo 12.50
Pogo Structures · Jean-Marie Finot · 2010
Updated
The Pogo 12.50 is a 12.16 m planing racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Pogo Structures, first launched in 2010. It races in Class A.
Length
12.16 m
39′ 11″
Beam
4.50 m
Draft
3.05 m
Displacement
6.0 t
Sail area
103 m²
On the podium
Where a Pogo 12.50 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
7
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 7 starts by 4 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Pogo 12.50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002026- Aegean 6002024
ORC DH European Championship2023
Regata Jabuka2023
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2019
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
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: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Pogo 12.50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Archambault 40 (5 meetings), X4.6 (3 meetings), Xp 44 (3 meetings), Dehler 44 (2 meetings), Cookson 50 (3 meetings), Elan 450 (2 meetings), Italia 11.98 (3 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (3 meetings), Neo 400 (3 meetings), J/11 (3 meetings), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (2 meetings), More 55 (4 meetings), X-41 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 46.3 (2 meetings), Dufour 44 (2 meetings), Landmark 43 (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Pac 52 (1 meeting), JPK 10.30 (3 meetings), Salona 38 (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), JPK 10.80 (1 meeting), XR 41 (3 meetings), HH 42 (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), JPK 11.80 (1 meeting), J/121 (1 meeting), Sly 42 (1 meeting), Neo 430 (1 meeting), Pogo 50 (1 meeting), Elan 333 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), First 53 (1 meeting), Akilaria Rc 2 (1 meeting), Rodman 42 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Pogo 12.50 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
6.24
37°
Beam reach
10.89
90°
Broad reach
12.95
135°
Downwind VMG
9.68
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back. A planing hull rarely rewards a drifter: there is not enough pressure to get anything out of it.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Pogo 12.50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.78 | 5.34 | 5.98 | 6.24 |
| 52° | 5.85 | 7.84 | 8.46 | 8.82 |
| 60° | 6.30 | 8.16 | 8.79 | 9.28 |
| 75° | 6.68 | 8.47 | 9.30 | 10.09 |
| 90° | 6.68 | 8.58 | 9.83 | 10.89 |
| 110° | 6.25 | 8.59 | 10.19 | 12.26 |
| 120° | 6.09 | 8.46 | 10.32 | 12.62 |
| 135° | 5.42 | 7.96 | 9.60 | 12.95 |
| 150° | 4.54 | 6.94 | 8.60 | 11.18 |
| Run VMG | 3.93 | 6.01 | 7.45 | 9.68 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 680 kg.
Rigging
Pogo 12.50 rig and sail dimensions
A Pogo 12.50 carries 15.75 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.36 m boom, a forestay 15.11 m above the deck and a 7.23 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 136 to 166 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.