Jean Le Cam

Jean Le Cam (born 27 April 1959 in Quimper, Finistère) is a French sailor.

Jean Le Cam

In 1981–82, he was a crewmember on Euromarché in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.[1]

Le Cam was crewman with Éric Tabarly and Michel Desjoyeaux, and won the Solitaire du Figaro in 1994, 1996, and 1999.[2] He later took an interest in multihull ships.

He finished second in the Vendée Globe 2004-2005, arriving just a few hours after the winner Vincent Riou.

On 6 January 2009, whilst competing in the 2008-2009 edition of the Vendée Globe, he went missing 200 miles from Cape Horn. Vincent Riou, the then the skipper of PRB, rescued Jean Le Cam from his upturned IMOCA 60. Le Cam was trapped inside his upturned yacht for 16 hours during which time it was not known for certain if he was safe inside his boat or not.[3]

On 30 November 2020, 16:15 UTC, whilst competing in the Vendée Globe 2020-2021 the roles were reversed when Le Cam conducted a nighttime rescue of fellow competitor and PRB skipper Kevin Escoffier, after Escoffier's yacht broke apart 840 miles southwest of Cape Town, Africa.[4] Once the rescue was complete Le Cam rejoined the race, with Escoffier aboard. Escoffier was later recovered from Le Cam's, 'Yes we Cam' yacht by the French Navy on 6 December 2020.[5] Le Cam was awarded a 16hr 15min time compensation for rescuing Kevin Escoffier.[6] Jean Le Cam crossed the finish line on January, 28th 2021 at 19:19:55 UTC+1 in 8th place with an elapsed time of 81d 05h 59m 55s. With his time compensation added he is ranked in 4th place and a total time of 80d 13h 44m 55s.[7] It was already his 5th participation in the Vendée Globe.

Le Cam was appointed chevalier of the French Légion d’honneur in July 2021.[8]

Career highlights
PosYearRaceClassBoat NameNotesRef
Round the World Races
4 / 3320212020–2021 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Yes We Cam80d 13h 44min 55sec
6 / 2920172016–2017 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Finistère Mer Vent80d 04h 41min 54sec
1 / 82015Barcelona World RaceIMOCA 60Chemd h m s with Bernard Stamm
5 / 2020132012–2013 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60SynerCiel88d 00h 12min 58sec
DNF2009Barcelona World RaceIMOCA 60Président, ESP 3 Bruno Garcia (ESP)
 Jean Le Cam (FRA)		 [9]
RET20092008–2009 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60VM MatériauxLost keel and capsized rescued by Vincent Riou
2 /20052004–2005 Vendée GlobeIMOCA 60Bonduelle87d 17h 20m 08s
1982Whitbread Round the World RaceMaxiEuromarchéskipper by  Éric Tabarly (FRA) [10]
Transatlantic Races
22006Route du RhumIMOCA 60Bonduelle12d 12 h 26 min 53 s
ABN2002Route du RhumIMOCA 60Bonduelle
132019Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Corum l'épargne (2007)with  Nicolas Troussel (FRA)
12013Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60PRB 5with  Vincent Riou (FRA)
ABN2009Transat Jacques VabreMulti 50Actualwith  Yves Le Blévec (FRA)
42007Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60VM Matériauxwith  Gildas Morvan (FRA)
32005Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bonduellewith  Kito de Pavant (FRA)
42001Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Bonduellewith  Jacques Caraes (FRA)
41999Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60Sill Entreprisewith  Roland Jourdain (FRA)
62010Transat AG2RBeneteau Figaro 2with   ()
52008Transat AG2RBeneteau Figaro 2Cercle Vertwith  Gildas Morvan (FRA)
23d 01h 31min 45s
51996Transat AG2RBeneteau FigaroGuy Cotten - Chattawakwith  Florence Arthaud (FRA)
24d 13h 20min 09s
11994Transat AG2RBeneteau FigaroSill plein fruit - France IIIwith  Roland Jourdain (FRA)
20d 20h 34min 26s
51992Transat AG2RBeneteau Figarosur Morywith  Dominic Vittet (FRA)
Other Significant Races
Formula 40 World ChampionshipFormula 40

References
  1. "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. The only two other triple winners are Philippe Poupon and Michel Desjoyeaux
  3. "Troubled Le Cam saved by fellow yachtsman". France24. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. "News - Escoffier's Rescue, Mission Accomplished. Yes He Did! - Vendée Globe - en".
  5. "'Just terrifying': Vendée Globe sailor rescued after yacht breaks in half". Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. "News - Time Compensations to Skippers Involved in the Rescue of Kevin Escoffier - Vendée Globe - en".
  7. "Ranking - Vendée Globe - En". www.vendeeglobe.org. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. "Légion d'honneur: la liste des promus du 14 juillet 2021". Le Figaro. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. "Bruno Garcia: "I heart the Barcelona World Race"".
  10. "Jean le Cam: Vendée Globe legend they call 'The King'". Yachting World. 19 April 2021.


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