PRB Sailing Team
IMOCA 60 Team Serial Vendee Entrant
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The PRB Sailing Team is primarily focused on offshore round the world sailing and is the longest term sponsor of Vendée Globe competitors. The current team manager François Dubreuil.
Round the World Race Entrants
| Year Owned | Boat name | Class | Designer | Builder | Year built | Roud the World Races | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | PRB Solo Nantes / PRB-Vendee | IMOCA 60 | Lucas | Chantier Alu Marine (FRA) | New Build | 1992-1993 Vendée Globe | [1] | |
| 1996-1999 | PRB | IMOCA 60 | Finot-Conq | Chantier Pinta (FRA) | New Build | 1996-1997 Vendée Globe 1998 Around Alone | Boat Lost | [2] |
| 1999-2005 | PRB 2 | IMOCA 60 | Finot-Conq | MAG (FRA) | New Build | 2000-2001 Vendée Globe 2004-2005 Vendée Globe | [3] | |
| 2006-2009 | PRB 3 | IMOCA 60 | Farr | CDK (FRA) | New Build | 2007 Barcelona World Race 2008-2009 Vendée Globe | [4] | |
| 2009-2021 | PRB 4 | IMOCA 60 | Lauriot-Prévost / G. Verdier | CDK (FRA) | New Build | 2012-2013 Vendée Globe 2016-2017 Vendée Globe 2020-2021 Vendée Globe | Boat Lost | [5] |
| 2021–Present | PRB (R36) | Rustler 36 | Holman & Pye | Rustler Yachts (GBR) | 1980s | **2022 Golden Globe Race** | [6] | |
| 2022–Present | PRB 5 | IMOCA 60 | Verdier | Carrington Boats (GBR) | New Build | **2024-2025 Vendée Globe** | [7] |
PRB - The sponsor
- Year of creation: 1975
- Head office: La Mothe-Achard, Vendée, France
- Chairman of the board: Jean-Jacques Laurent
Business activity :
- coating and flooring products for the building industry - products for façades and decoration (paint, TPC...), for tiling and soft flooring, for masonry; ranges of tiles and reconstituted stone.
- 110M turnover in 2006
- 5% in export
- 3rd biggest producer of façade rendering in France
- 16% of the French single-layer façade market (hydraulic binder)
- 500 000 tonnes of rendering per year
- No1 independent rendering manufacturer
- Staff at production site: 200 employees
- Number of sales representatives: 83
- 13 warehouses nationally
- 7 production units on the same site