Pogo 50
Pogo Structures · Jean-Marie Finot · 2012
Updated
The Pogo 50 is a 15.24 m planing racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Pogo Structures, first launched in 2012. It races in Class 0.
Length
15.24 m
50′ 0″
Beam
5.19 m
Draft
3.54 m
Displacement
9.3 t
Sail area
167 m²
On the podium
Where a Pogo 50 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 12 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 12 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Pogo 50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002026
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025- Coppa Regina dei Paesi Bassi2025
- Riva per Due2025
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024
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
9%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Pogo 50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Odyssey 45.2 (7 meetings), First 40 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (7 meetings), First 40.7 (7 meetings), Bolt 37 (6 meetings), Solaris 55 (6 meetings), X-35 (7 meetings), JOD 35 (6 meetings), First 31.7 (6 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (6 meetings), Elan 410 (6 meetings), Comet 45 (5 meetings), Bonin 31 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (5 meetings), First 34.7 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (5 meetings), Dufour 455 (5 meetings), Hanse 400 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Polli) (4 meetings), Dehler 42 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 47 (4 meetings), Swan 47 (4 meetings), Comet 51 (4 meetings), First 41 (4 meetings), Elan E5 (4 meetings), Oceanis 41 (4 meetings), Swan 39 (4 meetings), First 36.7 (5 meetings), Elan 310 (3 meetings), Figaro 1 (3 meetings), Este 39 (3 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (3 meetings), M 34 (2 meetings), First 36 (4 meetings), JPK 11.80 (2 meetings), Swan 42 (2 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Pogo 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
6.71
38°
Beam reach
11.87
90°
Broad reach
14.59
135°
Downwind VMG
11.28
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. 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 off the wind when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, 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 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 50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.50 | 5.98 | 6.45 | 6.71 |
| 52° | 6.88 | 8.75 | 9.23 | 9.57 |
| 60° | 7.32 | 9.09 | 9.61 | 10.06 |
| 75° | 7.70 | 9.47 | 10.25 | 10.93 |
| 90° | 7.61 | 9.63 | 10.77 | 11.87 |
| 110° | 7.14 | 9.60 | 11.22 | 13.02 |
| 120° | 6.86 | 9.56 | 11.38 | 13.80 |
| 135° | 6.14 | 9.02 | 11.04 | 14.59 |
| 150° | 5.11 | 7.86 | 9.74 | 13.02 |
| Run VMG | 4.43 | 6.80 | 8.44 | 11.28 |
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 710 kg.
Rigging
Pogo 50 rig and sail dimensions
A Pogo 50 carries 19.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.84 m boom, a forestay 18.52 m above the deck and a 7.95 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 193 to 272 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.