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
edit| 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 Vendee Globe | [1] | |
| 1996-1999 | PRB | IMOCA 60 | Finot-Conq | Chantier Pinta (FRA) | New Build | 1996-1997 Vendee Globe 1998 Around Alone |
Boat Lost | [2] |
| 1999-2005 | PRB 2 | IMOCA 60 | Finot-Conq | MAG (FRA) | New Build | 2000-2001 Vendee Globe 2004-2005 Vendee Globe |
[3] | |
| 2006-2009 | PRB 3 | IMOCA 60 | Farr | CDK (FRA) | New Build | 2007 Barcelona World Race 2008-2009 Vendee Globe |
[4] | |
| 2009-2021 | PRB 4 | IMOCA 60 | Lauriot-Prévost / G. Verdier | CDK (FRA) | New Build | 2012-2013 Vendee Globe 2016-2017 Vendee Globe 2020-2021 Vendee 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 Vendee Globe** | [7] |
PRB - The sponsor
edit- 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
edit- ^ "A9 SOLO 44". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "F7 PRB 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "F14 PRB 2, 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "E41 PRB (3), FRA 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "A29 PRB, FRA 85". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Damien Guillou". goldengloberace.com. 2022.
- ^ "A45 Switchback". histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.