Algarve Trip

Sunrise in Hotel Alfagar-2, Albufeira

Algarve trip

Marina Albufeira

Algarve trip

Caves

Cataplana

Algarve-2, 2012-11-09...11

from the mast

Near Albufeira (Algarve coast)

Fantastic colors of Algarve

Gennaker in low winds

Cabo San Vincente – Portugal's corner

Portugese sea food

Our route September 17-22: Lissabon – Albufeira
Leaving Marina de Oeiras (Lissabon)

Lisboa, Portugal

Villanova, Catalunya

Pogo 12.50 lifting keel (draft 3 m / 1.2 m):

Pogo 12.50 "Easy" sail data:

Pictures of our big brother "Surfing petrel", Pogo 50 hull #1.
The stern is as wide as it gets...

Dolphins by DJ Lelic:

s/v "Easy"
Shipyard: http://www.pogostructures.com

Hull #16, built spring-summer 2012:

New technology in sailing: Hydro generator Watt and Sea
We measured approx. 20 amps (12 VDC) at 8 kts of cruising speed.
http://www.wattandsea.com/en

Our solar panel rated at 120 W measured in a sunny day only up to 6 amps (approx. 90 W):

Some photos from Crossing Biscay:

... easy on the autopilot:

... not so easy in 30 kts winds:

Our next voyage:
Lissabon – Alicante, September 15 – 22

Sister ships to our Pogo 12.50 "Easy":

Plume

Lazuli

Brevenn

Atzavarra

Hermes

Photos of Sailing Biscay: from Bretagne to Portugal, Aug 2012.

Click here to view the album

Benodet, France

First voyage:

Ste-Marine, Bretagne, FRANCE
Ribadeo, Spain
Finisterre, Spain
Lisbon, Portugal

850 nm, Aug 12 – Aug 21, 2012

Marc Zavadil's detailed report (8 Megs PDF download)

Sailing @ 10 kts speed in Biscay

Pogo 12.50 data

        

Boat:

Model: Pogo 12.50

LOA: 12.50 m

Max beam: 4.50 m

Displacement: 6 ton

Lifting keel 3.0 m / 1.2 m

Cat. A Ocean

Made by Structures, France

Hull #16, year of production 2012

Equipment:

Vacuum infused vynilesther hull

Carbon mast Z-Spars

Carbon bowsprit

Lifting keel

Twin rudders

Volvo Penta 30HP folding prop

4 x 110 Ah 12 V battery bank

2 x 60 W on-deck flex solar panels

Facnor genoa furling

Facnor gennaker furling

Windlass Crystal 800

Large spray hood

Eberspacher Airtronic D2 heating

Water heating / pressure

2 x 200 L fresh water tanks

Hydrogenerator WattandSea

Viking Liferaft

New! Spectra Ventura 150 Watermaker

VHF radio Icom IC-M505

AIS Icom MA500TR

EPIRB

B&G H3000 Hercules CPU and instruments

B&G Pilot ACP and 3-axes HGSC compass

B&G instrument / pilot displays 2 in / 2 out

New! B&G RemoteVision

B&G ZEUS nav station with ZG50 GPS

B&G sensors: air pressure, air temp, water temp

Ocean wind sensor

Inflatable dingy 2.3 m

Sails:

Incidences flat top hydranet main (60 m2), 3 reefs, cars

Incidences furling solent (44 m2), 3 battens

Incidences hydranet staysail (26.5 m2) with reef band, 2 reefs

Incidences gennaker (code5) stromlite 3.5 oz (104 m2) on furling

Incidences medium asymmetric spinaker 1.5 oz (155 m2) with sock

Incidences storm tri-sail fluo-orange dacron 9.3 oz (8 m2)

2015 racing program:

Racing main (OneSails 4T)

Racing non-furling solent (OneSails 4T)

Code-0 (OneSails M3)

Racing gennaker A3 (OneSails)

Lateral backstays (Ubi Mayor)

New jib sheet hardware (Ubi Mayor)

New 2 additional winches (Harken 55)

Upgraded mainsheet rigging

Carbon tiller

General specs of the boat:

Launched in Benodet – Ste Marine, Bretagne, Aug 1, 2012