IMOCA 60 PRB 4
{{short description|Sailboat}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|fetchwikidata = ALL
|class = IMOCA 60
|hull = Carbon Sandwich
|keel type = Canting Keel
|rudder type = Twin Rudders
|rig type = Rotating Mast with Deck Spreaders
|previous = PRB 3
|successor = PRB 5
}}
The IMOCA 60 class yacht PRB 4 was designed by Lauriot-Prévost and G. Verdier and launched in 2010 after being assembled by CDK Technologies based in Lorient, France.[https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A29.htm Newspaper clipping] histoiredeshalfs.com The hull was moulded in those of Safran and manufactured at the Larros Shipyard in Gujan Mestras under the direction of Thierry Elluère. The deck will was made at CDK technologies in Port la Forêt. In Italy, near Milan, Refraschini manufacture the internal structure of the boat. The initial keel was made by AMPM, Mothe Achard.
While sailing in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe with French skipper Kevin Escoffier, who reported issues with a valve at the starboard foil on the 22 November, it suddenly sank on the 30 November, 2000 kilometers south-west of Cape of Good Hope. At the time the skipper was in the third place and was found in his life raft by skipper Jean Le Cam, who was only thirty miles behind him, when Escoffier triggered his emergency beacon. Jean Le Cam was saved in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe by none other than PRB 3 skipper Vincent Riou at Cape Horn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bateaux.com/article/35456/vendee-globe-2020-prb-en-difficulte-balise-de-detresse-declenchee-dans-le-grand-sud|title = Vendée Globe 2020 : PRB en difficulté, balise de détresse déclenchée dans le Grand Sud| date=30 November 2020 }} After having found Escoffier, Jean Le Cam lost visual contact with him as night fell. Eventually, three boats were searching for Escoffier,{{cite tweet|number=1333534306136973312|user=VendeeGlobe|title=[Le point sur la situation]Arrivé le premier sur zone, Le Cam a établi un contact visuel avec Kevin ainsi qu'un éc… |date=30 November 2020}} who was rescued by Le Cam the following morning.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/WF-pWys3Uew Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201203210438/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF-pWys3Uew Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF-pWys3Uew| title = Full story: Kevin Escoffier heroic rescue boat sunk #Vendee Globe 2020 | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}