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Pogo 8.50

Sailboat specifications

The Pogo 8.50 is a 27’11” (8.5m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by Pierre Rolland (France). She was built between 1999 and 2010 by Pogo Structures (France) with 187 hulls completed.

Pogo 8.50's main features

Model
Pogo 8.50
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Sailboat range
Country
France
Construction
Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
Number of hulls built
187
First built hull
1999
Last built hull
2010
Appendages
Keel : fin with bulb
Helm
Twin tillers
Rudder
Twin spade rudders
Unsinkable
Yes
Trailerable
No
EC design category
 iThe CE design category indicates the ability to cope with certain weather conditions (the sailboat is designed for these conditions)

A: Wind < force 9, Waves < 10m
B: Wind < force 8, Waves < 8m
C: Wind < force 6, Waves < 4m
D: Wind < force 4, Waves < 0,5m
A
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
N/A

Pogo 8.50's main dimensions

Hull length
27’ 11”8.5 m
Waterline length
27’ 2”8.3 m
Beam (width)
11’ 10”3.6 m
Draft
5’ 8”1.75 m
Light displacement (MLC)
6173 lb2800 kg
Ballast weight
1874 lb850 kg
Ballast type
Steel fin with lead bulb
French customs tonnage
7.86 Tx

Pogo 8.50's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
570 ft²53 m²
Downwind sail area
1184 ft²110 m²
Mainsail area
280 ft²26 m²
Genoa area
291 ft²27 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area
75 ft²7 m²
Asymmetric spinnaker area
904 ft²84 m²
Gennaker area
43 ft²4 m²
I
 iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment)
39’ 11”12.17 m
J
 iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay)
10’ 2”3.1 m
P
 iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head)
36’ 8”11.2 m
E
 iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew)
12’ 7”3.85 m
Rigging type
Sloop Marconi 9/10
Mast configuration
Keel stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
2
Spreaders angle
Swept-back
Spars construction
Aluminum spars
Standing rigging
1x19 strand wire

Pogo 8.50's performances

HN (French rating)
 iHN or "Handicap Nationale" is an empirical rating system used in France allowing various monohulls, of different sizes and designs, to race each other fairly. It is particularly suitable for cruiser and cruiser-racer. Therefore, by comparing these values, we can have an indication of the relative speed of 2 boats.
22.5
Upwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.

Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.
287 ft²/T26.68 m²/T
Downwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
596 ft²/T55.37 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR)
 iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:

a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.
139
Ballast ratio
 iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared.

The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.
30 %
Critical hull speed
 iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed".
The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.
6.99 knots

Pogo 8.50's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Fuel type
Diesel

Pogo 8.50's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Open aft cockpit
Cabin(s)
1
Berth(s) (min./max.)
4 / 6
Maximum headroom
6’ 1”1.87 m
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