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PRB Sailing Team

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  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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