Pogo Structures Explained

Pogo Structures
Type:	Privately held company
Foundation:	1987
Hq Location City:	Combrit
Hq Location Country:	France
Key People:	Christian Bouroullec
Industry:	Boat building
Products:	Sailboats

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
		2012-present	15.2m (49.9feet)		^[8]
	Finot-Conq	2020-present	13.55m (44.46feet)		^[9]
	Finot-Conq	2011-2022	12.5m (41feet)	82	^[10]
	Finot-Conq	2005-2009	12.18m (39.96feet)	45	^[11]
	Finot-Conq	2016-present	10.86m (35.63feet)
	Finot-Conq	2008-2014	10.5m (34.4feet)	75	^[12] ^[13]
	Finot-Conq	2013-present	9.14m (29.99feet)
		1999-2010	8.5m (27.9feet)	187	Voiles Magazine sailboat of the Year 2001^[14]

Racing sailboats

Name	Designer	Years	LOA	No. Built	Notes
		2020-present	12.19m (39.99feet)		^[15]
	Finot-Conq	2014-2016	12.18m (39.96feet)		^[16]
	Finot-Conq	2009-2014	12.18m (39.96feet)		^[17]
	Guillaume Verdier	2018-present	6.5m (21.3feet)		^[18]
	Guillaume Verdier	2015-present	6.5m (21.3feet)
	Finot-Conq	2003-2009	6.5m (21.3feet)	111	^[19] ^[20]
	Pierre Roland	1994-2002	6.5m (21.3feet)	124	^[21]

Motor boats

Name	Designer	Years	LOA	No. Built	Notes
	Pogo Structures	2017-present	9.5m (31.2feet)
	Pogo Structures	2020-present	9.5m (31.2feet)		^[22]
	Pogo Structures	2020-present	9.5m (31.2feet)		^[23]

See also

• List of sailboat designers and manufacturers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pogo Structures. infogreffe.com.
2. Web site: Pogo Structures. sailboatdata.com.
3. Web site: The shipyard. Pogo Structures website.
4. Web site: Is the best motorboat a sailboat without a mast? The Loxo 32 from Pogo is here!. Scandinavian Mariner magazine. 6 March 2020 .
5. Web site: No frills sailing. Interview of Christian Bouroullec.
6. Loxo 32: Pogo's Power Cruiser. 2020-12-24. Professional BoatBuilder magazine.
7. Web site: Pogo announces the arrival of the Pogo 44. yachtingart.
8. ARC: designer and builder go racing. Yachting World. 28 November 2012 .
9. Web site: New Pogo 44 is Something Completely Different. Blue Water Sailing. 22 April 2020 .
10. Web site: In production since 2010, the 82nd and last Pogo 12.50 has been delivered! . 2022-07-10 . 2022-06-24 . Pogo - Chantier Naval Structures . en.
11. Web site: Pogo 40. Pogo Structures website.
12. Web site: Pogo 10.50. Pogot Structures website.
13. Web site: Pogo 10.50. boat-specs.com.
14. Web site: Pogo 8.50. boat-specs.com.
15. Web site: Pogo 40s4. Ouest Atlantis. fr.
16. Web site: Pogo 40s3. boat-specs.com.
17. Web site: Pogo 40s2. boat-specs.com.
18. Web site: A new pogo 6.50 currently under construction at Pogo Structures. Guillaume Verdier architecture navale.
19. Web site: Pogo 2. Pogo Structures website.
20. Web site: Pogo 2. Group Finot.
21. Web site: Pogo 1. Pogo Structures website.
22. Web site: Presentation of the new boat POGO-Structures: The LOXO 32 version Outboard. Sail World.
23. Web site: Pogo, Oceanvolt combine for Loxo 32 electric cruiser. plugboats.com. 15 March 2020 .