Jean LE CAM

Vintage Mono skipper, on ALEGRIA, Port La Forêt

"Fine words make people laugh, fine deeds make them fall silent!"

Biography

Boatbuilder, sailor and skipper, he started racing with his father at the age of 14. He did his military service in 1981 with Eric Tabarly, sailing as his crew member on his first crewed round-the-world race.

In 1983, he founded the CDK Composites yard in Port La Forêt with his two partners in crime, Gaétan Gouérou and Hubert Desjoyeaux. From the age of 19, he raced transatlantic races and sixteen editions of the Solitaire du Figaro, which he won three times. Over 20 years, he has started 6 editions of the Vendée Globe.

News

• Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe: Vintage Multi and Mono, a beautiful evolution and an incredible spectacle in prospect!

Record

• 2024, Vendée Globe, 20th, 6eme participation en 20 ans
• 2020, Vendée Globe, 4th
• 2015, BARCELONA WORLD RACE, 1st
• 2013, Transat Jacques Vabre, 1st
• 2006, Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, 2nd, 2è sur VM MATERIAUX
• 1999, Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, 1st, Triple vainqueur
• 1996, Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, 1st, Triple vainqueur
• 1994, Transat AG2R, 1st, En double avec Roland Jourdain
• 1994, Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, 1st, Triple vainqueur

Boat

ALEGRIA, German Frers, NAUTOR PIETARSAARI, 1986

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• Sidney GAVIGNET
• Christophe BACHMANN
• Tanguy CARADEC
• Amaury DE JAMBLINNE DE MEUX
• Patrick ISOARD
• Titouan PILLIARD
• Frédéric MAILHOS
• Wilfrid CLERTON
• Gilles COLUBI
• Rémy GÉRIN
• Olivier NEMSGUERN