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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
[Source: Transat Jacques Vabre] Actual is reported to have capsized while to the north of Cherbourg Actual , the new trimaran of Yves le Blevec and co-skipper Jean Le Cam is reported to have capsized in a position approximately 22 miles north of Cherbourg around 1645hrs GMT. Reported to have been making around 20 knots of boat speed in approximately 23 knots of wind, the boat is reported to have pitch-poled....
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Yachting World news (Free subscription) | 04/02/2009
PRB threaten legal action unless they get money to cover the damage they say resulted from the lifesaving rescue of Jean Le Cam
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France24 (Free subscription) | 01/13/2009
The Vendée Globe organisers have ruled that retired French skipper Vincent Riou will be ranked as equal third at the close of the round-the-world race. Riou pulled out after his boat was damaged as he sought to rescue rival Jean Le Cam.
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Random Thinking (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Sometimes the fates are against you and perhaps are trying to tell you something. The message that French yachtsman Jean Le Cam was sent may have been, “It’s time to find a new sport.” Le Cam was competing in the Vendee Globe solo yacht race when his boat capsized off of Cape Horn [...]
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Less than 36 hours after a dramatic rescue after capsizing in treacherous waters off Cape Horn, French round-the-world yachtsman Jean Le Cam had to be rescued again.
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
Less than 36 hours after a dramatic rescue after capsizing in treacherous waters off Cape Horn, French round-the-world yachtsman Jean Le Cam had to be rescued again. Le Cam was sailing to Ushuaia in southern Argentina on Wednesday aboard the yacht o ...
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
SANTIAGO - Less than 36 hours after a dramatic rescue after capsizing in treacherous waters off Cape Horn, French round-the-world yachtsman Jean Le Cam had to be rescued again. Le Cam was sailing to Ushuaia in southern Argentina on Wednesday aboard ...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
It has been anything but plain sailing for Jean le Cam in the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race this week. The Frenchman was rescued yesterday after being trapped inside the hull of his upturned boat for 16 hours, only to then witnessed his rescuer's boat lose its mast. Vincent Riou's PRB was dismasted at 7.20pm yesterday, just over an hour after passing Cape Horn. Riou had rescued his...
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
PRB was dismasted just 24 hours after skipper Vincent RIOU rescued Jean LE CAM from his capsized VM Matériaux, whilst at the front of the race the two leaders are setting their strategies for the race up the Atlantic.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 01/08/2009
Vincent Riou forced to pull out after loss of mast a day after rescuing fellow Frenchman Jean Le Cam.
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Jean LE CAM and Vincent RIOU spoke this morning about the rescue operation that retrieved LE CAM from his capsized boat VM Matériaux close to Cape Horn, read on for the story in their own words...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
After 18 hours stuck in his capsized yacht 200 miles west of the notorious Cape Horn, a French yachtsman was rescued last night after a calculated gamble in which he braved near-freezing waters and 12ft waves to swim to safety.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Capsized Vendee Globe yachtsman Jean Le Cam has been rescued off Cape Horn by French compatriot and fellow racer Vincent Riou.
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
[Source: Vendée Globe] Vincent Riou (PRB) and Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) spoke to the Vendée Globe organizers in Paris this evening, and described their successful rescue of Jean Le Cam from the capsized VM Matériaux… Vincent Riou (PRB): Jean Le Cam is doing fine, after what was probably a most difficult experience. A few hours ago the rescue wasn't certain....
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