Rescue of Jean Le Cam (VM Materiaux) underway in Vendee Globe

6:46 AM Tue 6 Jan 2009 GMT

'Jean Le Cam (VM Mat?riaux). JEAN MARIE LIOT / DPPI / Vend?e Globe' Jean-Marie Liot / DPPI / Vend?e Globe &copy

At 00h26 GMT Jean Le Cam informed his shore team that he was in distress two hundred miles west of Cape Horn.

Jean Le Cam (VM Mat?riaux) was able to telephone his shore team in France to inform that he was experiencing serious difficulties on board his monohull. It was possible that he was capsizing, as the phone went dead at that point. The boat was located at 56? 17' S and 73? 46' W, or around 200 miles West of Cape Horn. At the time, the weather conditions were generating 25-knot westerly to south-westerly winds with stronger gusts.

Immediately the MRCC (International Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) was alerted and Vincent Riou (PRB) and Armel Le Cl?ac'h (Brit Air) have changed course to go to the zone where Jean Le Cam was sailing.

They should reach this zone at around 13h (GMT). The Sarsat-Cospas distress beacon on the monohull was triggered at 01h40 (GMT). The rescue services are preparing to intervene and the plan of action will be updated as information is received by the Race Directors.

A special news flash will be issued at 06h GMT.

www.vendeeglobe.org/en

by Vendee Globe media

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Sailing

Sailing

Heaving To: Park the Boat in a Blow

Sailing

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before It's Too Late

Sailing

The Figure-8: Return to a Person Overboard

Sailing

Overnight at Anchor: Setting Up Right

Sailing

Read the Wind: Judge Its Force Without a Gauge

Sailing

VHF Radio on the Water: Channels and Calls

Sailing

The Beaufort Scale: How We Learned to Rank Wind

Nearby
Norah Head, NSW	15 kn NNE	21°
North Head, NSW	9 kn ENE
Nobbys Head, NSW	9 kn ENE	19°
Windiest in Australia
Lake Julius, QLD	32 kn SW	25°
Most Windless in Australia
Tasman Island, TAS	Calm	13°
Hottest in Australia
Rabbit Flat, NT	8 kn NE	42°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Wellington, TAS	4 kn NNE	8°
Wettest in Australia
Nullo Mountain, NSW	9.2 mm

Rescue of Jean Le Cam (VM Materiaux) underway in Vendee Globe

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before You Must

Reefing: Read the Signs, Act Early

Heave-To: Sailing's Emergency Pause Button

Live Weather

Nearby

Windiest in Australia

Most Windless in Australia

Hottest in Australia

Coldest in Australia

Wettest in Australia

Sailing Articles

Buy & Sell

2021 F-One 12M Bandit

2025 Ozone Pocket Rocket

2023 Severne Blade Pro

2025 Foil Drive 3 Blade Prop Complete With 3 Blades (Bra

2025 Sunova Casey Revolution

2026 Foil Drive Foil Drive Assist Max High Power

2022 Starboard Foil X

Know before you go

Download the Seabreeze app for iOS or Android.

Weather

Activities

About

Other

Support