New Listing – 2016 Pogo 12.50

Delivered to her first and only Med-based owner in the Spring of 2016, VOLLE LOTTE is one of the must have Pogo 12.50’s on the water.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

A past winner of the European Yacht of the Year, the Pogo 12.50 marries the same Finot-Conq & Roseo Design hull as the Class 40 Pogo 40 2 racing yacht with a practical, light and spacious cruising interior to create a true short-handed cruising rocketship. With her robust vacuum-infused Vinylester construction to increased stiffness and better osmosis resistance, crash bulkheads, closed-cell foam buoyancy within internal structures to create an unsinkable hull, wide beam, unrivalled form stability, double rudders, swing keel with 1,900kgs lead bulb, carbon mast and square top main, she ticks absolutely all the boxes and then some.

While many Pogo 12.50’s have found their way on to the race circuit, VOLLE LOTTE has been configured for fast, safe ocean cruising with a young family and as such comes completed with everything needed for longer term life aboard including a versatile three double cabin interior layout with two heads. Her inventory features highlights such as:
• Upgraded full vinylester-infused hull laminate
• Swing keel with 1.20-3.00m draft and 1,900kgs lead ballast bulb
• Twin rudders with upgraded Carbonautica twin carbon helm wheels
• Carbon fibre mast without backstay white painted
• Carbon fibre extending bowsprit white painted
• Full suite of Incidences sails including furling Solent jib and staysail
• Furling Code 0
• Updated Crystal Goïot deck hatches
• Sprayhood and bimini with cockpit enclosures
• Cockpit table with strong handholds
• Larger Volvo Penta 40hp engine with three blades folding propeller
• Cristec YPower automatic battery charger
• Victron Phoenix 12-800 800w inverter
• Watt&Sea 600w Hydrogenerator
• Solar panel with MPPT charge controller
• Larger AGM service battery pack
• Pure Water 12vDC 30 litre per hour reverse osmosis watermaker
• Raymarine C95 GPS navigation instrument package
• Recently replaced NKE instrument pack with high frequency GPS
• Recently replaced NKE autopilot pack with remote control
• Tricolor LED top of the mast light
• VHF with AIS class B
• Three double cabin interior layout
• Pressurised hot & cold fresh water
• Eberspacher Airtronic D4++ diesel fired cabin heating system
• Quick electric anchor windlass with larger 8mm chain anchor
• Safety equipment package including liferaft
• Led lights
• Double sized wardrobed in each aft cabin
• Starboard side owner’s cabin wardrobe double in size
• Comfort mattresses Hr40dep12/cool+ in all three cains
• Lightweight doors for all three cabins and both heads
• Multiple 12vDC outlets throughout the boat
• 75m stainless steel 8mm anchor chain
• Electric anchor windlass with larger 8mm chain ancho
• Inflatable 3.30m tender with Torqueedo electric engine

Conveniently located in the Norther Italy area, German registered and EU VAT paid, VOLLE LOTTE is available for immediate delivery.

OWNER’S COMMENTS:

Volle Lotte was built 2016 with the idea of a super safe, super versatile and super fast family boat. As such it is a typical Pogo delivering warp speed with competent ease in any conditions with an additional focus on making sure that a family of six with could enjoy staying on board on long passages and in remote bays. It has been very carefully used in the past 9 years and participated only in the occasional local regatta. The children have grown and we are moving to the next stage in life.

PRESS REVIEW:

The Pogo 12.5 was voted as the European Yacht of the Year in the ‘Performance Cruiser’ category. It is manufactured by French company Pogo Structures in Combrit – Sainte Marine near Brest on the northern shores of the Bay of Biscay.

The Pogo 12.50 is the result of a collaboration between two of Structures’ designers Finot-Conq and Roséo Design, and it is no ordinary cruising sailing boat, having a carbon mast, a pivoting keel if you want it, no backstay and a roached main.

It was conceived for long-distance cruising, for the enjoyment of being at sea, be it alone or with the family, and, most importantly for those who love it or just for safety, for speed.

The seaworthiness and simplicity of the Pogo 12.50 is probably what impressed the judges in making the award.

Developed as an extension of the 10.50 which itself was designed for fast, easy, comfortable and safe cruising, the designers also listened to their customers who had undertaken long-distance cruises in the Pogo 40. With all that information in mind, they have taken the philosophy of fast cruising a step further with this boat.

The interior has been designed for greater comfort than the predecessors, and the layout has been designed for low-maintenance.

There’s plenty of space, volume and light in the interior, important both when cruising and when moored. Other features are a hull shape which minimises the drag in light air, and the bow is up in a downwind breeze, which is vital for cruising sailors.

The composite pivoting keel has a very low centre of gravity. When the keel is lifted, the draft of 1.2 m allows access to the most out of the way anchorages. This is one of the magic features of the boat, however, for if the boat runs aground, the keel releases from its down position in order to absorb much of the impact.

The mast is made of carbon, with swept-back spreaders (more than 25°) is designed to do without a backstay, and can therefore take a square-headed mainsail for cruising, keeping the deck uncluttered.

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MANUFACTURER’S BACKGROUND:

Owned by a former winner of the Mini Transat class, Pogo Structures, formed in 1987, started building half-tonner racing yachts in the 1980’s. The company has stayed at the forefront of boat-building technology and alongside the production yachts they still build significant numbers of Mini Transat and Class 40 yachts. This same technology is put to practice building the Pogo range of performance cruisers with all hulls infused and weight saving a constant focus.

2016 Pogo 12.50 ‘VOLLE LOTTE’ for sale – Asking Euro 320,000 EU VAT paid – full details here

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