[2][3] He is an offshore sailor who has won the 2018 Volvo Ocean Race as a bowman onboard DongFeng[4] and competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe aboard PRB.

This boat was launched in April 2005 and in November of that year Escoffier and his father won class in the Transat Jacques Vabre.

The race director sent fellow competitor Jean Le Cam to the area who found Escoffier in his life raft, but lost contact while preparing to recover him.

[11][12] The rescue got extensive coverage with French President Emmanuel Macron[13] getting in contact with Escoffier and Jean Le Cam.

Escoffier later described the way the boat folded in 90 degrees and the very limited time he had to abandon ship, and how him carrying a personal AIS beacon helped save his life.