60-foot IMOCA of Vincent Riou, a Verdier/VPLP design launched on 11 March 2010 for PRB. Winner of two Transat Jacques-Vabre races (2013, 2015), it was skippered by Kevin Escoffier from 2019 and sank during the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe.
Identity card
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- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2010
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- Chantier Larros (Thierry Eluère) (Hull),CDK Technologies (Deck)
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier,VPLP Design
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier IMOCA 2010
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- Before 2012
- 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
- LostSunk or wrecked.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
- PRB · Title sponsorThe company that gives its name to the boat or team.See in the glossary · since 2010
- 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
- Not provided
- Keel typeThe weighted fin under a monohull's hull, which stops it drifting sideways and keeps it upright.See in the glossary
- CantingA keel that swings sideways, to windward, to better counter heeling.See in the glossary
- FoilsAn underwater wing that lifts the boat so it drags less in the water and goes faster.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Hull materialWhat the hull is made of: carbon, glass fibre, composite, aluminium, wood or steel.See in the glossary
- CarbonA very stiff and light composite material, the standard of racing boats.See in the glossary
- 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
- 7,700kg
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- 300m²
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- 600m²
Life timeline
Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.
Name
Skipper
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
Unknown date
2009
Build (Hull) · 2009
Chantier Larros (Thierry Eluère)Hull moulded in the Safran mould, delivered to Port-la-Forêt on 7 October 2009.
2010
Launched as
PRB (2010)
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 11 March 2010 – 2019
Vincent RiouLaunch · 11 March 2010
PRB launched
Launch and 180° righting test; first IMOCA launched with the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe in view.
2012
Event · 24 November 2012
Buoy collision, Vendée Globe retirement
Third in the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe, PRB hit a metal buoy, tearing the hull and damaging an outrigger stay; Vincent Riou retired the next day.
2018
Event · July 2018
Foils fitted
Back from the yard in July 2018 after foils were fitted to the 2009 design, ahead of the 2018 Route du Rhum.
2019
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2019 – 30 November 2020
Kevin Escoffier
2020
Sinking · 30 November 2020
Sinking during the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe
Broke in two more than 600 NM south-west of the Cape of Good Hope; Kevin Escoffier was picked up by Jean Le Cam.
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