Jean Le Cam


Jean Le Cam is a French sailor.
In 1981-82, he was a crewmember on Euromarché in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
Le Cam was crewman with Éric Tabarly and Michel Desjoyeaux, and won the Solitaire du Figaro in 1994, 1996 and 1999. He later took 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. The overturned boat was discovered with Le Cam alive inside.