Pogo 40
Pogo Structures · Jean-Marie Finot · 2007
Updated
The Pogo 40 is a 12.18 m planing racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Pogo Structures, first launched in 2007. It races in Class A. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 87% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 87% of the boats it races against.
7th of 46 in its class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 10 starts across 9 events — not only in measurement files.
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 a Pogo 40 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
30%
of 10 starts by 8 boats
Wins
10%
Read from 10 starts by 8 boats between 2010 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Pogo 40 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
Skagen Offshore Race2026
Rolex Middle Sea Race2025
Double-Handed Finnish Championship 2025 - Espoo-Naissaari Race2025- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
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 40 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Elan 450 (6 meetings), Salona 44 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (3 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), X4.6 (2 meetings), JPK 10.30 (3 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), First 34.7 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (3 meetings), Elan 40 (2 meetings), J/109 (2 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (3 meetings), Latini 52 (2 meetings), Dufour 44 (2 meetings), Comet 41 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3200 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), First 40 (2 meetings), IMX 40 (2 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (2 meetings), More 40 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (2 meetings), Elan 410 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (3 meetings), Bavaria 35 (1 meeting), Ridas 35 (1 meeting), Archambault 35 (1 meeting), Akilaria Rc 1 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Dehler 44 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 37 (1 meeting), Luffe 40 (1 meeting), Arcona 410 (1 meeting), Arcona 430 (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Italia 9.98 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Pogo 40 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
6.21
39°
Beam reach
11.27
90°
Broad reach
13.93
135°
Downwind VMG
11.29
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
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 running deep 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 2.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Pogo 40
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.15 | 5.50 | 5.90 | 6.21 |
| 52° | 6.38 | 8.04 | 8.46 | 8.84 |
| 60° | 6.77 | 8.33 | 8.85 | 9.39 |
| 75° | 7.17 | 8.71 | 9.51 | 10.32 |
| 90° | 7.25 | 8.98 | 10.08 | 11.27 |
| 110° | 6.79 | 9.03 | 10.71 | 12.54 |
| 120° | 6.56 | 9.06 | 10.79 | 13.16 |
| 135° | 5.88 | 8.48 | 10.81 | 13.93 |
| 150° | 4.92 | 7.46 | 9.30 | 13.04 |
| Run VMG | 4.26 | 6.46 | 8.06 | 11.29 |
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 510 kg.
Rigging
Pogo 40 rig and sail dimensions
A Pogo 40 carries 16.67 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.53 m boom, a forestay 15.83 m above the deck and a 7.27 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 12 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 120 to 216 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.