JEAN LE CAM: MASTER OF THE SEAS PORTRAIT

12/13/14

An engaging personality, known and recognised for his outspokenness, Jean takes real delight in sharing his stories, his emotions and his adventures with the public. We can just picture the show he put on to the crowd in Les Sables d’Olonne for his Vendée Globe finish in 2012-13, to the tune of Allumez le feu by French rocker Johnny Hallyday!

If there is one iconic figure in offshore racing, it has to be Jean Le Cam, a pure product of the “Vallée des Fous” (Valley of Madmen), as Port-la-Forêt’s training ground is nicknamed: “I grew up in the Finistère between Châteauneuf du Faou, Quimperlé, Quimper and La Forêt Fouesnant on the beach of Kerleven, in Port la Forêt.”

JEAN LE CAM: MASTER OF THE SEAS VIDEO PORTRAIT

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05.04Oliver Heer : "It's really time to go sailing!"…Do you know Oliver Heer? This Swiss sailor, with a broad smile, boasts significant experience in offshore racing as the former boat captain of Alex Thomson. Since then, he has become the skipper of his own IMOCA and is registered for the upcoming Vendée Globe.…12.12The arrival of the 16th, 17th and 18th of Retour à La Base…Arnaud Boissières (La Mie Câline), Thomas Ruyant (For People) and Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE) reached La Base de Lorient in the early hours of this morning. Here are their reactions on arrival.…12.12Seb Simon dismasted on Groupe Dubreuil…At 7:40 this morning (local time), the Groupe Dubreuil IMOCA dismasted southwest of the island of Groix, at about 10 miles from the Retour à La Base finish line. Skipper Sébastien Simon is doing well and has not requested assistance.…10.12Sam Goodchild is the new IMOCA Globe Series Champion after a remarkably consistent 2023 season…After finishing third in the Retour à la Base – his fifth consecutive third place finish of a remarkable debut season – the British yachtsman Sam Goodchild was confirmed today as IMOCA Globe Series Champion for 2023.…10.12British skipper Sam Goodchild takes third and wins 2023 IMOCA Globe Series title.…British skipper Sam Goodchild (FOR THE PLANET) maintained his remarkably consistent form when he completed his first ever solo IMOCA race, the 3,500 nautical miles inaugural Retour à La Base from Martinique to Lorient in third place.…28.11Solo racing returns in the IMOCA Class with the Retour à la Base…So here we go, the beginning of the final build-up to next year’s Vendée Globe as single-handed racing returns to the IMOCA Class, with the first ever solo Retour à la Base from Martinique in the French Caribbean to Lorient.…

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The Transat CIC: A new beginning for Bellion and a return to solo racing for Pedote

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4.22.24

ALL ACCESS #3 with Sam Davies

This week, we boarded the IMOCA Initiatives-Cœur with Sam Davies for a 24-hour training session. The objective was to sail in a fleet, alongside the Pôle Finistère Course au Large, and to familiarize ourselves with solo …

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01	Sam GOODCHILD FOR THE PLANET	425 pts
02	Yoann RICHOMME PAPREC ARKÉA	417 pts
03	Jérémie BEYOU CHARAL	384 pts
04	Sam DAVIES INITIATIVES-CŒUR 4	371 pts
05	Boris HERRMANN MALIZIA - SEAEXPLORER	334 pts
06	Clarisse CRÉMER L'OCCITANE EN PROVENCE	305 pts
07	Damien SEGUIN GROUPE APICIL	286 pts
08	Thomas RUYANT FOR PEOPLE	284 pts
09	Romain ATTANASIO FORTINET - BEST WESTERN	276 pts
10	Louis BURTON BUREAU VALLÉE	272 pts
11	Benjamin FERRÉ MONNOYEUR - DUO FOR A JOB	267 pts
12	Yann ELIÈS PAPREC ARKÉA	258 pts
13	Pip HARE MEDALLIA	234 pts
13	Franck CAMMAS CHARAL	234 pts
14	Justine METTRAUX TEAMWORK - TEAM SNEF	233 pts
15	Isabelle JOSCHKE MACSF	220 pts
16	Alan ROURA HUBLOT	226 pts
17	Antoine KOCH FOR THE PLANET	217 pts
18	Arnaud BOISSIÈRES LA MIE CÂLINE	216 pts
19	Julien VILLION TEAMWORK - TEAM SNEF	214 pts
19	Christopher PRATT V AND B - MONBANA - MAYENNE	214 pts
20	Alan ROBERTS L'OCCITANE EN PROVENCE	213 pts
21	Maxime SOREL V AND B - MONBANA - MAYENNE	210 pts
22	Nicolas LUNVEN HOLCIM - PRB	198 pts
23	Will HARRIS MALIZIA - SEAEXPLORER	195 pts
24	Jack BOUTTELL INITIATIVES-CŒUR 4	190 pts
24	Louis DUC FIVES GROUP – LANTANA ENVIRONNEMENT	190 pts
25	Kojiro SHIRAISHI DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE	184 pts
26	Morgan LAGRAVIERE FOR PEOPLE	173 pts
27	Giancarlo PEDOTE PRYSMIAN	167 pts
27	Pierre LE ROY MONNOYEUR - DUO FOR A JOB	167 pts
28	Sébastien SIMON GROUPE DUBREUIL	163 pts
28	Conrad COLMAN IMAGINE / MS AMLIN	163 pts
29	Davy BEAUDART BUREAU VALLÉE	159 pts
30	Violette DORANGE DEVENIR	151 pts
31	Guirec SOUDÉE FREELANCE.COM	149 pts
32	Sébastien MARSSET FOUSSIER	142 pts
33	Simon KOSTER FOUSSIER	136 pts
34	Gaston MORVAN PRYSMIAN	135 pts
34	Rémi AUBRUN FIVES GROUP – LANTANA ENVIRONNEMENT	135 pts
35	Tanguy LE TURQUAIS LAZARE	133 pts
36	Gérald VENIARD LA MIE CÂLINE	131 pts
37	Manuel COUSIN COUP DE POUCE	128 pts
38	Laurent BOURGUES GROUPE APICIL	127 pts
39	Benjamin DUTREUX GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY	126 pts
40	Nick BUBB MEDALLIA	124 pts
40	Corentin HOREAU GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY	124 pts
41	Loïs BERREHAR FORTINET - BEST WESTERN	121 pts
42	Szabolcs WEÖRES NEW EUROPE	105 pts
43	Damien GUILLOU DEVENIR	101 pts
44	Charlie DALIN MACIF SANTÉ PRÉVOYANCE	100 pts
44	Thierry DUPREY DU VORSENT DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE	100 pts
45	Iker MARTINEZ GROUPE DUBREUIL	92 pts
46	Pascal BIDÉGORRY MACIF SANTÉ PRÉVOYANCE	90 pts
47	Clément GIRAUD COUP DE POUCE	88 pts
48	Pierre BRASSEUR MACSF	78 pts
49	Roland JOURDAIN FREELANCE.COM	84 pts
50	Antoine CORNIC HUMAN IMMOBILIER	87 pts
51	Sophie FAGUET FOUSSIER	82 pts
52	Fabrice AMEDEO NEXANS - WEWISE	77 pts
53	Julien PULVE MAÎTRE COQ V	73 pts
54	Fabio MUZZOLINI IMAGINE / MS AMLIN	68 pts
54	Félix DE NAVACELLE LAZARE	68 pts
55	Irina GRACHEVA NEW EUROPE	65 pts
56	Denis VAN WEYNBERGH D’IETEREN GROUP	64 pts
57	Yannick BESTAVEN MAÎTRE COQ V	63 pts
58	François GUIFFANT PARTAGE	64 pts
59	Andreas BADEN NEXANS - ART & FENÊTRES (OLD)	52 pts
60	Jean-Charles LURO HUMAN IMMOBILIER	48 pts
61	Jingkun XU SINGCHAIN TEAM HAIKOU	42 pts
62	Aymeric BELLOIR PARTAGE	40 pts
62	Gregory GENDRON FORTINET - BEST WESTERN	40 pts
63	Charlie ENRIGHT GROUPE DUBREUIL	37 pts
63	Simon FISHER GROUPE DUBREUIL	37 pts
63	Paul MEILHAT BIOTHERM	37 pts
64	Mike GOLDING SINGCHAIN TEAM HAIKOU	36 pts
65	Oliver HEER OLIVER HEER OCEAN RACING	35 pts
66	Gilles BUEKENHOUT D’IETEREN GROUP	32 pts
66	Rosalin KUIPER MALIZIA - SEAEXPLORER	32 pts
66	Milan KOLACEK PRYSMIAN	32 pts
67	Kevin ESCOFFIER HOLCIM - PRB	27 pts
67	Mariana LOBATO BIOTHERM	27 pts
68	Abby EHLER HOLCIM - PRB	26 pts
69	David LEDROIT OLIVER HEER OCEAN RACING	22 pts
69	Alain GAUTIER MACSF	22 pts
70	Lucie QUERUEL FREELANCE.COM	20 pts
71	Tom LAPERCHE HOLCIM - PRB	19 pts
72	Stéphane LE DIRAISON GENTOO SAILING TEAM	18 pts
72	Francesca CLAPCICH GROUPE DUBREUIL	18 pts
72	James HARAYDA GENTOO SAILING TEAM	18 pts
73	Clément COMMAGNAC BUREAU VALLÉE	17 pts
74	Erwann LE MENÉ D’IETEREN GROUP	13 pts
74	Nils PALMIERI OLIVER HEER OCEAN RACING	13 pts
75	Anthony MARCHAND BIOTHERM	12 pts
76	Nándor FA NEW EUROPE	10 pts
76	Amélie GRASSI BIOTHERM	10 pts
76	Jean-Marie DAURIS MAÎTRE COQ V	10 pts
77	Benoît MARIETTE DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE	9 pts
78	Charles CAUDRELIER HOLCIM - PRB	8 pts
79	Marie RIOU BIOTHERM	7 pts
80	Jean LE CAM TOUT COMMENCE EN FINISTÈRE - ARMOR LUX	5 pts
80	Susann BEUCKE HOLCIM - PRB	5 pts
81	Scott SHAWYER BE WATER POSITIVE	4 pts
81	Ryan BARKEY BE WATER POSITIVE	4 pts
81	Martin LE PAPE HOLCIM - PRB	4 pts
82	Robert STANJEK GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY	3 pts
82	Phillip KASUSKE GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY	3 pts
82	Ambrogio BECCARIA HOLCIM - PRB	3 pts
82	Axelle PILLAIN MALIZIA - SEAEXPLORER	3 pts
83	Annie LUSH GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY	2 pts
84	Anne-Claire LE BERRE GUYOT ENVIRONNEMENT - WATER FAMILY	1 pts
85	Halvard MABIRE FIVES GROUP – LANTANA ENVIRONNEMENT	0 pts
85	Phil SHARP OCEANSLAB CLEANTECH ACCELERATOR	0 pts
85	Nicolas TROUSSEL	0 pts
85	Nick MOLONEY BE WATER POSITIVE	0 pts
85	Corentin DOUGUET FREELANCE.COM	0 pts
85	Eric BELLION STAND AS ONE	0 pts
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