Pogo 44
Pogo Structures · Jean-Marie Finot · 2020
Updated
The Pogo 44 is a 12.79 m planing racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Pogo Structures, first launched in 2020. It races in Class A.
Length
12.79 m
42′ 0″
Beam
4.50 m
Draft
3.05 m
Displacement
6.3 t
Sail area
111 m²
On the podium
Where a Pogo 44 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 13 starts by 5 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 13 starts by 5 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Pogo 44 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026- Coppa Regina dei Paesi Bassi2026
- Campionato Invernale dell'Argentario - Coastal Race2026
"Κυπελλο Δεη 2025"2025- 70a Regata dei Tre Golfi2025
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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
0%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Pogo 44 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 31.7 (7 meetings), Farr 40 (6 meetings), First 34.7 (7 meetings), Este 39 (6 meetings), M 34 (6 meetings), First 40 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (5 meetings), Dufour 455 (5 meetings), Bolt 37 (5 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (5 meetings), X-35 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Polli) (4 meetings), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (4 meetings), Este 31 (4 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (4 meetings), Solaris 55 (4 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (3 meetings), Xp 44 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (3 meetings), First 40.7 (5 meetings), IMX 38 (3 meetings), J/122 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Bavaria 36 (2 meetings), Swan 42 (2 meetings), Elan 333 (2 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), First 36.7 (3 meetings), Elan 310 (2 meetings), Pogo 10.50 (2 meetings), Pogo 36 (2 meetings), M 37 (2 meetings), Comet 36 (2 meetings), Knierim 49 (2 meetings), Millenium 40 (2 meetings), Mat 118 (2 meetings), Swan 46 (2 meetings), X-43 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Pogo 44 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
6.19
38°
Beam reach
10.33
90°
Broad reach
13.04
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.
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 cracked off in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, 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
It falls short on a broad reach in light air, 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 1.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Pogo 44
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.14 | 5.55 | 5.99 | 6.19 |
| 52° | 6.39 | 8.15 | 8.47 | 8.68 |
| 60° | 6.81 | 8.42 | 8.76 | 9.04 |
| 75° | 7.12 | 8.75 | 9.23 | 9.66 |
| 90° | 7.00 | 8.77 | 9.64 | 10.33 |
| 110° | 6.50 | 8.77 | 10.02 | 11.31 |
| 120° | 6.34 | 8.66 | 10.26 | 12.15 |
| 135° | 5.70 | 8.15 | 9.68 | 13.04 |
| 150° | 4.77 | 7.19 | 8.75 | 11.18 |
| Run VMG | 4.13 | 6.22 | 7.60 | 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 640 kg.
Rigging
Pogo 44 rig and sail dimensions
A Pogo 44 carries 16.70 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.05 m boom, a forestay 16.65 m above the deck and a 7.25 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 — 137 to 177 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.