PRB (vessel)

PRB is a 60’ monohull designed by Bruce Farr and built by CDK technologies in La Foret Fouesnant, France. It was put to water in September 2006. In 2007 the monohull has won three of the five events in which it has participated. Winner of the Grand Prix Petit Navire offshore race, of the Calais Round Britain Race, and more recently of the Rolex Fastnet Race, it distmated in the Barcelona World Race. Vincent Riou, winner of the last Vendée Globe will compete the next around the world race onboard PRB.

* Architect : Farr Yacht Design
* Builder : CDK technologies (La Foret Fouesnant)
* Put to water : September 2006
* Length : 18,28m (60’)
* Width : 5,85 m
* Weight : 8,5 tonnes
* Structure : Carbone Nomex
* Upwind Sails : 300 m²
* Downwind sails : 500 m²
* Sail N° : 85

The sponsor

PRB
* 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

External links

* [http://www.prb.fr/voile_index.php PRB Official Website]