Identity card
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- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2022
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- Carrington Boats
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier IMOCA 2022
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull typeHow many hulls the boat has: monohull, catamaran or trimaran.See in the glossary
- MonohullA boat with a single hull, kept upright by the weight of its keel.See in the glossary
- StatusWhere the boat stands today: active, retired from racing, lost, in a museum or converted.See in the glossary
- ActiveStill sailing.See in the glossary
- SponsorsA company or institution that funds a boat, a team or a skipper in exchange for visibility.See in the glossary
- Holcim · Title sponsorThe company that gives its name to the boat or team.See in the glossary · since 2022
- OwnersThe person or organisation that owns the boat, which does not necessarily race it.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Operating teamThe organisation running one or more racing boats: technical crew, logistics, partners.See in the glossary
- PRB · unknown dates
- SuppliersA company that supplies part of the boat's equipment: sails, mast, electronics, foils, keel, energy.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Sail numberThe identifier printed on the mainsail: a country code followed by a number.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- FlagThe country the boat is registered in.See in the glossary
- France
- Keel typeThe weighted fin under a monohull's hull, which stops it drifting sideways and keeps it upright.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- FoilsAn underwater wing that lifts the boat so it drags less in the water and goes faster.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull lengthLength of the hull alone, without the bowsprit or protruding appendages.See in the glossary
- 18.28m
- Max beamMaximum width of the boat; for a multihull, from one float to the other.See in the glossary
- 5.5m
- DraftHow deep the boat sits: from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel.See in the glossary
- 4.5m
- Air draftHeight of the boat above the water: from the waterline to the top of the mast.See in the glossary
- 29m
- DisplacementThe mass of the boat ready to sail, equal to the mass of water it displaces.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- Not provided
Names and sail numbers
What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.
Life timeline
Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
Unknown date
Build · unknown dates
Carrington BoatsHull from the abandoned Switchback project, completed at Carrington (Hythe) with bow and cockpit changes, then fitted out in Lorient.
2022
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · May 2022 – 3 June 2023
Kevin EscoffierLaunched as
PRB (2022)
Launch · 7 May 2022
PRB launched
Sixth PRB IMOCA, launched in its orange livery.
Renamed
Holcim-PRB
Renamed · 22 August 2022
PRB becomes Holcim-PRB
New green and blue livery after Holcim joined as co-partner.
2023
Dismasting · 2023
Dismasting in leg 4 of The Ocean Race
The boat was shipped by cargo to Newport and re-masted there.
Record · 12 March 2023
IMOCA 24-hour distance record: 595.26 nm
Set in leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-2023 (average 24.8 knots), ratified by the WSSRC.
Record · 25 May 2023
Monohull 24-hour distance record: 640.48 nm
Set in leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-2023 (average 26.68 knots), beating Comanche's 618.01 nm from 2015.
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 3 June 2023 – July 2023
Benjamin SchwartzSkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 14 September 2023
Nicolas Lunven
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