Pogo 12.5 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Pogo 12.50 means taking home a Finot-Conq cruiser built on a Class 40 hull — a 41-footer that Pogo Structures launched as a fast, shorthanded-capable offshore cruiser. On the brokerage market you will find both lifting-keel and fixed-keel examples, ex-charter boats among them, and the appeal is raw speed paired with a simple, usable interior rather than padded luxury.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin versions are the more common sight on the used market, but the standard two-cabin, one-head plan and the three-cabin, two-head option are both out there, and ex-charter examples are common. The saloon centers on a large pod that hides the keel box and lifting gear on most boats; on the fixed-keel examples that space stays empty for added stowage. One documented refit, SY KNUBBEL, moved the head to the bow and fitted a fixed 2.30-meter keel instead of the standard lifting fin, showing how far owners have drifted from the base arrangement.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats on the market carry serious offshore kit. Commonly fitted are watermakers, heating, inverters, solar, and electric winches alongside an autopilot, AIS, radar, and chartplotter for navigation and energy independence. A short-handed sail setup with asymmetric spinnaker, code zero, and gennaker is usual, and life rafts with EPIRBs back up the safety case. Often seen are lithium batteries, hot water, a dodger, and air conditioning for livability. Less common owner upgrades include wind generators and dinghy davits.
What to Inspect
The lifting keel's hydraulic rotation system is the headline item: it drops draft from three meters to 1.2 and its sliding surfaces need careful checking for binding or leakage. Because the structure strips bulkheads and fittings to the minimum and uses no inner liner or sound damping, listen for how loud the hull is and look at how the bare composite has aged below. The wide aft section and flat underwater hull that make her plane should be surveyed for hard bow impact damage after years of off-wind sailing.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical used-market listings appear in Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, France, the British Virgin Islands, and Germany. For a shopper, the short list is: confirm keel type and inspect the hydraulic lift; verify the winch and short-handed rigging are intact; check for added weight from thruster or generator refits; and decide whether the loud, minimal interior suits your cruise.
- Lifting keel hydraulics service history
- Layout match: two-cabin standard vs three-cabin common
- Sound and bare-composite condition below
- Region: France, Italy, Germany, Poland, British Virgin Islands
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Pogo 12.5. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 12 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 | 1 | $265,000 | — |
| Aug 25 | 2 | $368,810 | +39.2% |
| Sep 25 | 4 | $364,149 | -1.3% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $384,541 | +5.6% |
| Dec 25 | 3 | $343,757 | -10.6% |
| Jan 26 | 9 | $330,722 | -3.8% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $301,807 | -8.7% |
| Apr 26 | 8 | $337,930 | +12.0% |
| May 26 | 3 | $337,930 | 0.0% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $235,000 | -30.5% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $454,458 | +93.4% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $235,000 | -48.3% |
Where they're listed
Pogo 12.5 listings appear across 7 countries. Poland has the most listings with 11 (36.7%), followed by Trinidad and Tobago and Italy.
Country view
30 listings · 7 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | $337,930 | 11 | 0 | 36.7% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $235,000 | 6 | 2 | 20.0% |
| Italy | $372,889 | 5 | 0 | 16.7% |
| France | $346,445 | 3 | 1 | 10.0% |
| Germany | $343,757 | 2 | 0 | 6.7% |
| British Virgin Islands | $235,000 | 2 | 0 | 6.7% |
| United States | $450,000 | 1 | 0 | 3.3% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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