Pogo 30
Pogo Structures · Jean-Marie Finot · 2013
Updated
The Pogo 30 is a 9.14 m planing racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Pogo Structures, first launched in 2013. It races in Class C.
Length
9.14 m
30′ 0″
Beam
3.71 m
Draft
1.93 m
Displacement
2.9 t
Sail area
61 m²
On the podium
Where a Pogo 30 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 21 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 21 starts by 3 boats between 2021 and 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Pogo 30 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regatta Cor Caroli Next Consult2022
Campionato Invernale di Roma, 41a edizione2022
Aegean 6002021
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 30 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Farr 45 (7 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (6 meetings), Farr 40 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (6 meetings), Tripp 40 (6 meetings), Italia 9.98 (6 meetings), Evento 42 (6 meetings), Melges 32 (6 meetings), Salona 40 (6 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (6 meetings), X-412 (6 meetings), X-332 (6 meetings), First Class Challenge (6 meetings), Farr 52 (1 meeting), J/111 (1 meeting), X4.6 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (3 meetings), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Hanse 508 (1 meeting), J/11 (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Pogo 50 (1 meeting), Dehler 30 OD (1 meeting), Hanse 320 (1 meeting), Dufour 405 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Pogo 30 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
5.35
38°
Beam reach
9.36
90°
Broad reach
11.50
135°
Downwind VMG
8.49
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 cracked off in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 2.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Pogo 30
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.53 | 4.77 | 5.23 | 5.35 |
| 52° | 5.38 | 6.88 | 7.40 | 7.64 |
| 60° | 5.64 | 7.05 | 7.74 | 8.06 |
| 75° | 5.85 | 7.27 | 8.05 | 8.79 |
| 90° | 5.90 | 7.47 | 8.29 | 9.36 |
| 110° | 5.89 | 7.72 | 9.00 | 10.61 |
| 120° | 5.77 | 7.61 | 9.14 | 11.65 |
| 135° | 5.18 | 7.21 | 8.58 | 11.50 |
| 150° | 4.38 | 6.47 | 7.75 | 9.80 |
| Run VMG | 3.79 | 5.60 | 6.72 | 8.49 |
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 430 kg.
Rigging
Pogo 30 rig and sail dimensions
A Pogo 30 carries 11.87 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.86 m boom, a forestay 12.09 m above the deck and a 5.52 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 — 86 to 105 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.