Pogo dual at dawn
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Jack,
Blow their doors off man!
Stay safe & leave em in your wake.
I do hope you brought along a copy of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey for narration & readings.
CR
Blow their doors off man!
Stay safe & leave em in your wake.
I do hope you brought along a copy of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey for narration & readings.
CR
Was a TOTAL BLAST. The breeze was forecast to be between 15 and 20 knots from the North. Instead it ending up being slightly to the west, which made it more of a close reach on the Pogo because it pushes the Apparent Wind so far forward. So no spin but we jib-reached at 11-12 knots for 30 miles to Hydra!
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It's hard to image how unworldly this boat real is. I tell people it's a 3/4 scale IMOCA Vendee Globe racer that a good sailing couple can manage. We have a blast. It's 5 feet longer than our First 36.7, but weighs less. And over 1/2 of that weight in in a lead bulb 12 feet below the hull on a lifting keel. 15 feet of beam, it does not heel, it just squirts forward. Ungodly fast but easy to sail as long as you stay in front of the boat.
Downstairs it huge and comfortable. But light and efficient in kind of a Scandinavian way. Everywhere we go people know of the boat and want to have a look. They look her over and walk away with huge smiles. It's that cool.
Would I be forgiven if I admitted that the winches, the line storage, and for that matter the island in the background were not the first, second or third things I noticed in the picture?
Above 9 knots the boat has really no wake at all. It fully planes and water just hisses off the transom.The Pogo 12.50 video shows a rather large asym, and almost NO bow wave. That's nasty.
Of all the "Class 40" designs the Pogo is my favorite. Even the older ones. Looks like you had an awesome time.