Pogo Structures

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Pogo Structures
TypePrivately held company
IndustryBoat building
Founded1987
Headquarters
Quimper
,
France
Key people
Christian Bouroullec
ProductsSailboats
Websitewww.pogostructures.com

Pogo Structures is a French boat builder based in Quimper and founded by Christian Bouroullec in 1987. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of racing and cruising sailboats.[1][2] It launched its first motor boat in 2017.[3]

As of 2020, the 80 people shipyard has produced 900 boats, with an average of 55 per year over the last few years.[4]

Construction[]

Pogo Structures uses, since 2004, the vacuum infusion process to build lightweight and stiff fiberglass sandwich boats.[5] Starting 2007, the cruising range benefits from a lifting keel option.[6]


Cruising sailboats[]

Name Designer Years LOA No. Built Notes
Finot-Conq 2012-present 15.20 m (49.9 ft) [7]
Finot-Conq 2020-present 13.55 m (44.5 ft) [8]
Finot-Conq 2011-present 12.50 m (41.0 ft)
Finot-Conq 2005-2009 12.18 m (40.0 ft) 45 [9]
Finot-Conq 2016-present 10.86 m (35.6 ft)
Finot-Conq 2008-2014 10.50 m (34.4 ft) 75 [10][11]
Finot-Conq 2013-present 9.14 m (30.0 ft)
Pierre Rolland 1999-2010 8.50 m (27.9 ft) 187 Voiles Magazine sailboat of the Year 2001[12]

Racing sailboats[]

Name Designer Years LOA No. Built Notes
Guillaume Verdier 2020-present 12.19 m (40.0 ft) [13]
Finot-Conq 2014-2016 12.18 m (40.0 ft) [14]
Finot-Conq 2009-2014 12.18 m (40.0 ft) [15]
Guillaume Verdier 2018-present 6.50 m (21.3 ft) [16]
Guillaume Verdier 2015-present 6.50 m (21.3 ft)
Finot-Conq 2002-? 6.50 m (21.3 ft) built in California [17][18]
Pierre Roland 1994-2002 6.50 m (21.3 ft) 124 [19]

Motor boats[]

Name Designer Years LOA No. Built Notes
Pogo Structures 2017-present 9.50 m (31.2 ft)
Pogo Structures 2020-present 9.50 m (31.2 ft) [20]
Pogo Structures 2020-present 9.50 m (31.2 ft) [21]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pogo Structures". sailboatdata.com.
  2. ^ "The shipyard". Pogo Structures website.
  3. ^ "Is the best motorboat a sailboat without a mast? The Loxo 32 from Pogo is here!". Scandinavian Mariner magazine.
  4. ^ "Interview of Christian Bouroullec". No frills sailing.
  5. ^ "Loxo 32: Pogo's Power Cruiser". Professional BoatBuilder magazine. 24 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Pogo announces the arrival of the Pogo 44". yachtingart.
  7. ^ "ARC: designer and builder go racing". Yachting World.
  8. ^ "New Pogo 44 is Something Completely Different". Blue Water Sailing.
  9. ^ "Pogo 40". Pogo Structures website.
  10. ^ "Pogo 10.50". Pogot Structures website.
  11. ^ "Pogo 10.50". boat-specs.com.
  12. ^ "Pogo 8.50". boat-specs.com.
  13. ^ "Pogo 40s4". Ouest Atlantis (in French).
  14. ^ "Pogo 40s3". boat-specs.com.
  15. ^ "Pogo 40s2". boat-specs.com.
  16. ^ "A new pogo 6.50 currently under construction at Pogo Structures". Guillaume Verdier architecture navale.
  17. ^ "Pogo 2". Pogo Structures website.
  18. ^ "Pogo 2". Group Finot.
  19. ^ "Pogo 1". Pogo Structures website.
  20. ^ "Presentation of the new boat POGO-Structures: The LOXO 32 version Outboard". Sail World.
  21. ^ "Pogo, Oceanvolt combine for Loxo 32 electric cruiser". plugboats.com.
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