The PRB Sailing Team is primarily focused on offshore round the world sailing and is the longest term sponsor of Vendee Globe competitors. The current team manager François Dubreuil.

Round the World Race Entrants

Year OwnedBoat NameClassDesignerBuilderYear BuiltRoud the World RacesNotesRef.
1992PRB Solo Nantes /
PRB-Vendee
IMOCA 60LucasChantier Alu Marine (FRA)New Build1992-1993 Vendee Globe [1]
1996-1999PRBIMOCA 60Finot-ConqChantier Pinta (FRA)New Build1996-1997 Vendee Globe
1998 Around Alone
Boat Lost [2]
1999-2005PRB 2IMOCA 60Finot-ConqMAG (FRA)New Build2000-2001 Vendee Globe
2004-2005 Vendee Globe
[3]
2006-2009PRB 3IMOCA 60FarrCDK (FRA)New Build2007 Barcelona World Race
2008-2009 Vendee Globe
[4]
2009-2021PRB 4IMOCA 60Lauriot-Prévost / G. VerdierCDK (FRA)New Build2012-2013 Vendee Globe
2016-2017 Vendee Globe
2020-2021 Vendee Globe
Boat Lost [5]
2021–PresentPRB (R36)Rustler 36Holman & PyeRustler Yachts (GBR)1980s**2022 Golden Globe Race** [6]
2022–PresentPRB 5IMOCA 60VerdierCarrington Boats (GBR)New Build**2024-2025 Vendee 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

References

  1. "A9 SOLO 44". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. "F7 PRB 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. "F14 PRB 2, 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. "E41 PRB (3), FRA 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. "A29 PRB, FRA 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  6. "Damien Guillou". goldengloberace.com. 2022.
  7. "A45 Switchback". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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