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Pogo 2

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders · First built 2001

A 6.5-metre ultralight racer with a 37.87 sail-area-to-displacement ratio built for high-speed planing

Designed by Finot-Conq & Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot), built by EREAL. Structures.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders

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The Pogo 2, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Podcast Maré Sonora ®

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 8 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 8
CoastalBluewater

At 3.03 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.03
LightHeavy

101 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 101
EasygoingPowered-up

37.9 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 37.9
TenderStiff

43% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 43%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~75% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~96% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~98% of boats her size on file

Compared with 809 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Pogo 2, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Pogo 2 is a 6.5-meter fractional sloop designed by FINOT-CONQ and built by EREAL.STRUCTURES and Open Sailing Inc. since 2001. It features a fin keel with a bulb and dual rudders, a 3.0-meter beam, 1.6-meter draft, and 1000 kg displacement. Jonas Muro Gomes chose a Pogo 2 for the Mini Transat, a solo transatlantic race from France to Guadeloupe, citing the model's reputation for reliability and structural integrity.19:58 Gomes completed the first leg to the Canary Islands in 11 days and the second leg in 17 days.29:37 He used his Merchant Marine experience for navigation, including paper chart plotting, radar, and AIS to avoid commercial traffic, noting that small fishing vessels presented a greater collision risk.31:22

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
43.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
37.9
Displacement / length
101.4
Comfort ratio
7.6
Capsize screening
3.03
Hull speed
6.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
750
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2001
Units built
115
Designer
FINOT-CONQ, Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)
Builder
EREAL.STRUCTURES, Open Sailing Inc

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