{{Short description|IMOCA 60 Team Serial Vendee Entrant}} 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== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year Owned!!Boat name!!Class!!Designer!!Builder!!Year built!!Roud the World Races!!Notes!!Ref. |- | 1992 || PRB Solo Nantes /<br />PRB-Vendee || IMOCA 60 || Lucas || Chantier Alu Marine (FRA) || New Build || 1992-1993 Vendée Globe || |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A9.htm|title=A9 SOLO 44|website=histoiredeshalfs.com|access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 1996-1999 || PRB || IMOCA 60 || Finot-Conq || Chantier Pinta (FRA) || New Build || 1996-1997 Vendée Globe<br />1998 Around Alone || Boat Lost |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/F7.htm |title=F7 PRB 85|website=histoiredeshalfs.com|access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 1999-2005 || PRB 2 || IMOCA 60 || Finot-Conq || MAG (FRA) || New Build || 2000-2001 Vendée Globe<br />2004-2005 Vendée Globe || |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/F14.htm |title=F14 PRB 2, 85|website=histoiredeshalfs.com|access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 2006-2009 || PRB 3 || IMOCA 60 || Farr || CDK (FRA) || New Build || 2007 Barcelona World Race<br /> 2008-2009 Vendée Globe || |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/E41.htm |title=E41 PRB (3), FRA 85 |website=histoiredeshalfs.com|access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 2009-2021 || PRB 4 || IMOCA 60 || Lauriot-Prévost / G. Verdier || CDK (FRA) || New Build || 2012-2013 Vendée Globe<br />2016-2017 Vendée Globe<br />2020-2021 Vendée Globe || Boat Lost |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A29.htm |title=A29 PRB, FRA 85|website=histoiredeshalfs.com|access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 2021–Present || PRB (R36) || Rustler 36 || Holman & Pye || Rustler Yachts (GBR) || 1980s || **2022 Golden Globe Race** || | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goldengloberace.com/skipper/2022/damien-guillou/|title = Damien Guillou|website=goldengloberace.com|year=2022}}</ref> |- | 2022–Present || PRB 5 || IMOCA 60 || Verdier || Carrington Boats (GBR) || New Build || **2024-2025 Vendée Globe** || |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A45.htm |title=A45 Switchback|website=histoiredeshalfs.com|access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> |}
== 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== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622231131/http://prb.fr/voile_index.php Old Website PRB Official Website]
Category:Sailing teams Category:Vendée Globe