Pogo Structures
French sailboat manufacturer
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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Boat building |
Founded | 1987 |
Headquarters | Combrit , France |
Key people | Christian Bouroullec |
Products | Sailboats |
Website | www |
Pogo Structures is a French boat builder founded in Quimper by Christian Bouroullec in 1987. The company moved in 1990 to Combrit,[1] specializes in the design and manufacture of racing and cruising sailboats.[2][3] It launched its first motor boat in 2017.[4]
As of 2020, the 80 people shipyard has produced 900 boats, with an average of 55 per year over the last few years.[5]
Construction
Pogo Structures uses, since 2004, the vacuum infusion process to build lightweight and stiff fiberglass sandwich boats.[6] Starting 2007, the cruising range benefits from a lifting keel option.[7]
Cruising sailboats
Name | Designer | Years | LOA | No. Built | Notes |
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Pogo 50 | Finot-Conq | 2012-present | 15.20 m (49.9 ft) | [8] | |
Pogo 44 | Finot-Conq | 2020-present | 13.55 m (44.5 ft) | [9] | |
Pogo 12.50 | Finot-Conq | 2011-2022 | 12.50 m (41.0 ft) | 82 | [10] |
Pogo 40 | Finot-Conq | 2005-2009 | 12.18 m (40.0 ft) | 45 | [11] |
Pogo 36 | Finot-Conq | 2016-present | 10.86 m (35.6 ft) | ||
Pogo 10.50 | Finot-Conq | 2008-2014 | 10.50 m (34.4 ft) | 75 | [12][13] |
Pogo 30 | Finot-Conq | 2013-present | 9.14 m (30.0 ft) | ||
Pogo 8.50 | Pierre Rolland | 1999-2010 | 8.50 m (27.9 ft) | 187 | Voiles Magazine sailboat of the Year 2001[14] |
Racing sailboats
Name | Designer | Years | LOA | No. Built | Notes |
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Pogo 40s4 | Guillaume Verdier | 2020-present | 12.19 m (40.0 ft) | [15] | |
Pogo 40s3 | Finot-Conq | 2014-2016 | 12.18 m (40.0 ft) | [16] | |
Pogo 40s2 | Finot-Conq | 2009-2014 | 12.18 m (40.0 ft) | [17] | |
Pogo foiler | Guillaume Verdier | 2018-present | 6.50 m (21.3 ft) | [18] | |
Pogo 3 | Guillaume Verdier | 2015-present | 6.50 m (21.3 ft) | ||
Pogo 2 | Finot-Conq | 2003-2009 | 6.50 m (21.3 ft) | 111 | [19][20] |
Pogo | Pierre Roland | 1994-2002 | 6.50 m (21.3 ft) | 124 | [21] |
Motor boats
Name | Designer | Years | LOA | No. Built | Notes |
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Loxo 32 | Pogo Structures | 2017-present | 9.50 m (31.2 ft) | ||
Loxo 32 outboard | Pogo Structures | 2020-present | 9.50 m (31.2 ft) | [22] | |
Loxo 32 electric | Pogo Structures | 2020-present | 9.50 m (31.2 ft) | [23] |
See also
References
- ^ "Pogo Structures". infogreffe.com.
- ^ "Pogo Structures". sailboatdata.com.
- ^ "The shipyard". Pogo Structures website.
- ^ "Is the best motorboat a sailboat without a mast? The Loxo 32 from Pogo is here!". Scandinavian Mariner magazine. 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Interview of Christian Bouroullec". No frills sailing.
- ^ "Loxo 32: Pogo's Power Cruiser". Professional BoatBuilder magazine. 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Pogo announces the arrival of the Pogo 44". yachtingart.
- ^ "ARC: designer and builder go racing". Yachting World. 28 November 2012.
- ^ "New Pogo 44 is Something Completely Different". Blue Water Sailing. 22 April 2020.
- ^ "In production since 2010, the 82nd and last Pogo 12.50 has been delivered!". Pogo - Chantier Naval Structures. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Pogo 40". Pogo Structures website.
- ^ "Pogo 10.50". Pogot Structures website.
- ^ "Pogo 10.50". boat-specs.com.
- ^ "Pogo 8.50". boat-specs.com.
- ^ "Pogo 40s4". Ouest Atlantis (in French).
- ^ "Pogo 40s3". boat-specs.com.
- ^ "Pogo 40s2". boat-specs.com.
- ^ "A new pogo 6.50 currently under construction at Pogo Structures". Guillaume Verdier architecture navale.
- ^ "Pogo 2". Pogo Structures website.
- ^ "Pogo 2". Group Finot.
- ^ "Pogo 1". Pogo Structures website.
- ^ "Presentation of the new boat POGO-Structures: The LOXO 32 version Outboard". Sail World.
- ^ "Pogo, Oceanvolt combine for Loxo 32 electric cruiser". plugboats.com. 15 March 2020.
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Pogo Structures boats
- Pogo 50
- Pogo 44
- Pogo 12.50
- Pogo 40
- Pogo 36
- Pogo 10.50
- Pogo 30
- Pogo 8.50
- Pogo 40s4
- Pogo foiler
- Pogo 3
- Pogo
- Pogo 2
- Pogo 40s2
- Pogo 40s3
- Loxo 32
- Loxo 32 outboard
- Loxo 32 electric