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5.28.20
Refits come to an end !
Just over a fortnight after the lockdown ended, the sailors and their teams are now busy catching up on lost time. Many IMOCAs have been relaunched after their winter refits, which took longer than planned.
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A very experienced offshore sailor, Kévin Escoffier previously headed up Team Banque Populaire’s design office and has a Jules Verne Trophy and two Volvo Ocean Race campaigns to his credit, including a victorious one in the last edition with Dongfeng Race Team.
A very experienced offshore sailor, Kévin Escoffier previously headed up Team Banque Populaire’s design office and has a Jules Verne Trophy and two Volvo Ocean Race campaigns to his credit, including a victorious one in the last edition with Dongfeng Race Team. A technology nut, this native of Saint Malo has already been part of the PRB team, playing a role in the construction of Vincent Riou’s Farr design for the Vendée Globe 2006. It’s at the helm of the VPLP/ Verdier design launched in 2010 (the last PRB helmed by Vincent Riou), that Kévin will take on this mighty challenge: his first Vendée Globe!
2019: Transat Jacques Vabre - 2nd
2019: Défi Azimut - 2nd
2019: Rolex Fastnet Race - 2nd
2018: Volvo Ocean Race, Dongfeng Race Team - 1st
2012: Trophée Jules Verne - 1st
2011: Rolex Fastnet Race
2009: Atlantique Nord Record
| Name | PRB |
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| Sail number | FRA 85 |
| Architect | VPLP - Verdier |
| Construction | 2009, CDK Technologies, Port La Forêt |
| Former names | PRB, ARKEA PAPREC, PRB |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,60 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | NC |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Mât-Aile |
| Foils | Yes |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 300 m2 |
| Downwind | 600 m2 |
| 2020 | Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Défi Azimut |
Just over a fortnight after the lockdown ended, the sailors and their teams are now busy catching up on lost time. Many IMOCAs have been relaunched after their winter refits, which took longer than planned.
•••Like all his rivals in the IMOCA class, Kevin Escoffier, the PRB skipper, is doing his best to keep fit physically and mentally during the period of confinement caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
•••Everyone has been affected by the health crisis caused by the Coronavirus epidemic and has to adapt to cope with this exceptional situation. The sailors have been forced to stay ashore and patiently wait until the situat…
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