Jean Le Cam

[1] Le Cam was crewman with Éric Tabarly and Michel Desjoyeaux, and won the Solitaire du Figaro in 1994, 1996, and 1999.

[citation needed] 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 skipper of PRB, rescued Jean Le Cam from his upturned IMOCA 60.

[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.

[6] Jean Le Cam crossed the finish line on 28 January 2021 at 19:19:55 UTC+1 in 8th place with an elapsed time of 81d 05h 59m 55s.