Full story: Kevin Escoffier heroic rescue boat sunk

[@stevenross-watt8640]

Thanks for the subtitles. Wonderful heroic seamanship. Great team effort.

[@davidolsson1729]

And Jean has truly proven that Yes We Cam! Whatever position he ends up in - he's the true winner of Vendee Globe 2020 in my mind.

[@sailinguncovered]

And to think he was rescued last time by the boat that sank this time

[@gnosticmom2805]

To me, Jean Le Cam is already the winner of Vendee Globe 2020.

[@timpani1950]

Bless the brave sailors, the rescuer and the rescued: that is how to live a good life, with courage and consideration for others. Well done!

[@joem3556]

well said. sailing community have this solidarity i don't see in other sports.

[@broadreach3120]

Bravery, skill and unselfish commitment, is all want from your fellow human being when the shit hits the fan .The solo sailor is a rare breed indeed.

[@fabienh3943]

You didn't listen to what this guy told, did you? Jean did...

[@750count]

What a great account of this rescue All great sailors searching and prepared to assist Jean Le Cam taking no chances of losing him twice Very exciting and great outcome

[@ladydi4runner]

Indeed! So happy Cam persevered and was relieved immensely upon seeing him the 2nd time! Thanks to God for all parties being safely aboard. 🙏🏻👏🏻

[@santiagobenites]

This is great news! Sailors coming to another's rescue! Beautiful!

[@zeusxlnl]

Magnifique seamanship and camaraderie. Bon voyages messieurs!

[@FamilieJungeHH]

I wish we had such solidarity in the whole world. Congrats, great Job!

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

We do, for the most part. It shows up at weird times.

[@fabienh3943]

Guys, I'm glad this went well, but don't over romantisize this: every single skipper who deviated was explicitly ordered to do so. Probably they would have done it anyhow, but Jean had no option, point.

[@colbr6733]

@@fabienh3943 Okay it is maritime law to do so and the race doesn't stop because one guy ends up in the sea. Well I can't think of any instance where it has at the moment, but when you are the one in the water you really appreciate the sacrifice of your fellow competitor makes when they come to your aid. You are fully aware of the effort it took them just to get to the start line in the first place. If you have ever lost anyone at sea and seen the effort people put into helping a total stranger, they aren't doing it because some stupid rule says they should.

[@jamespowell2924]

Great efforts by all the sailors and perseverance by Jean Le Cam! Can't imaging who would give this a thumbs down.

[@garrettfalls7953]

People click thumbs down because they agree it’s a bad situation. Even though it’s a well made video.

[@rosewood1]

Seconds to disaster!!! What a magnificent effort! What an incredible story for Kevin Jean and everyone else. Congratulations to you all. Very scary story. Heroic

[@patriciahutson]

Superb Seamanship Jean, outstanding result. Safe is the sailor safe from the sea. Tumeke indeed. On On the race continues. God speed Jean , your in the record books for this one neh. UBIQUE

[@hgsert2733]

PRB saved the King Jean few years ago. Today Jean saves PRB !

[@djoulsdrummer93]

Yes absolutly but this time the ship is lost but sailor safe

[@kimfucku8074]

Man over board situations including recovery in calm seas can be challenging already but with those waves at night an absolute master piece!!

[@rbcoast2936]

A rescue in high seas...AT NIGHT! Amazing job!

[@garstanforddasilva9663]

Bless Jean le Cam, patron saint of those in the sea. Brilliant Jean. Clak, clak, clak!!

[@didinefertikh2971]

Bravo le cam !!!!! Les hommes !!!!

[@ronaldeaker6402]

Absolutely outstanding!!

[@mdcoomer67]

I guess we know who's buying the drinks when they hit port. Glad everyone is safe.

[@christinegerard4974]

Dingue ! Quelle histoire ! et que de chocs successifs ! Bonjour les émotions... Merci pour cette sacrée vidéo et un grand bravo à tous !

[@jeffhutton323]

Chapeau boys, chapeau! Jean le Cam is the man...

[@claudealain85]

Comme le disent certains, Jean Le Cam est déjà, quelque part, le vainqueur de ce Vendée Globe.

[@johnswimcat]

Time for the rule makers and designers to have a good look at exactly what they are putting out there. The boats are getting more and more extreme and it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. Kevin was very nearly lost. For me Jean le Cam has already won this race

[@daveoriordan1537]

Corum out, Charal already turned back and restarted. Hugo Boss out and now PRB. The boats are now gone over the line. It's crazy putting boats to sea with 50% more righting moment than the rigs can withstand!

[@johnswimcat]

@@daveoriordan1537 There is a word in the English language, "seaworthy". It seems to have been forgotten by some of the people involved in these ventures. You can set to sea in anything you want and I wouldn't stop you. However this is a race with rules

[@tullochgorum6323]

I'm no architect but I was surprised when we got a sight of the bow structure in Hugo Boss. Considering that it is slamming into waves at up to 40 knots, it seemed very lightweight indeed. Now PRB literally breaks in two, despite being reinforced for the race. I know someone who works in carbon fibre fabrication and once you get repetitive compression combined with torsion the properties are difficult to model. With LinkedOut limping on one foil, PRB, Corum and Hugo Boss out and Charal at the back of the fleet you've got to think they're getting something horribly wrong. It's easy to imagine a scenario where one of the skippers dies on one of these boats...

[@MichaelJCroninND]

@@tullochgorum6323 How old a boat is PRB, is is at retrofit with the wings and hydrolics? Wikipedia says The current PRB, the fifth was launched in 2010. While sailing in the 2020-2021 Vendee Globe with french skipper Kevin Escoffier, reported issues with a valve at the starboard foil on the 22 november.

[@afthefragile]

It reminds me of when the Volvo Ocean Race went from the VO70s to VO65s. The VO70s were fast but they were also incredibly fragile. The decision had to be made to move to a one design boat which was more robust to survive getting beat up in the southern ocean and because it's one design, the designers wouldn't be sacrificing strength for speed.

[@finding_mojo]

Awesome effort everyone! Great job! So happy to hear a tragedy was averted. It will make Alex reassess his misfortunes I think.

[@jeremyhookway6302]

Bravo Jean le Cam. Respect!

[@doyourownthing]

Beautifully done Sir, bravo!!

[@sm-gl3fz]

Bravo Le Cam d'avoir rendu la pareille

[@draazar]

Congratulations and huge respect to the rescuers. So happy for Kevin :) Yes we Cam!

[@pg-mtl8815]

Bravo aux valeureux marins pour ce sauvetage héroïque!!!

[@nourse5884]

Yes we cam !

[@DirkJacobsz]

Bravo Jean le Cam - my hero - Well done Kevin - glad you are safe ..

[@jwph610]

Great review of this amazing rescue. Yes...he could!

[@tukinfoods5111]

Awesome work! They are true lions of men!

[@xerxses88]

"Will you be back?" - I'm not sure I'd have been quite as polite!

[@wakeupthebear]

Great story of survival on the edge of the earth. Thank you

[@jeanbernier]

Super description des évènements !! Pas facile tous ça !!!!

[@peterculverwell2030]

Fantastic outcome to this freak boat breaking, Bravo Zulu to all concerned behind the scenes and especially to Jean Le Cam - a hero 👌👌

[@othmane0490]

Bravo le cam you are the best. Good luck clac clac clac

[@robwestern7702]

Congratulations on your response and rescue this could have been a real tragedy for braving those that turned into these seas for a fellow seaman they all should receive medals for their actions especially jean

[@skyak4493]

I still want to hear from Kevin how his boat went down so fast. Folded? A 60ft carbon fiber boat folded?

[@Archie_Haddock]

I don't get how these IMOCAs can be so structally unsound that they fall into pieces in a matter of seconds. Counting Alex's boat, this is the second that's gone out of competition within a few days. I guess Pip has the safest one, having turned 20 last year. Extremely well done by Jean le Cam, but also very lucky like any real hero! This was really touch and go and they have barely reached the Southern Ocean.

[@Ash-cy7yw]

Phenomenal. Well played by all. Godspeed.

[@minad95]

I don’t understand why he told him that he’ll be back instead of rescuing him straight away. The first time that he found him. Is there something I am missing?

[@daemn42]

Presumably the rescue boat was under full sail just to to the scene as fast as possible, and Jean didn't feel it was possible or safe to try to stop immediately. I'm sure the plan was to de-power the sails, get the motor started and approach Kevin in the raft slowly from downwind. Not being able to get the motor started immediately screwed up the plan. Consider that even when Jean did come back later and threw him the flotation ring, it still pulled Kevin out of the life raft (it most likely has a sea anchor), but he was going slow enough that Kevin could pull himself onboard. If the boat had been going faster, it would have pulled Kevin out into the southern ocean, but he may not have been able to hang on.

[@fghelmke]

Amazing! In 2009 it was Jean who got rescued...

[@thomasms-escape8828]

Geniale un vrai marin, fellicitations de tout mon coer

[@CAPHENIA]

Great team, great sailors!

[@ptitpapi4980]

J'ai tout suivi,bravo vous êtes des héros pour moi.à 4 heures j'ai vu que Kevin était sauvé, j'ai chialé. Je peux juste dire que vous êtes mes héros, c'est incroyable de se sortir d'un merdier pareil.bravo Monsieur Jean le cam et Merci pour votre sens de la vie.Et je pense que heureusement que Mr Escoffier n'était pas dans la banette , l'histoire n'aurai peut-être pas était la même.bravo. À toute l'organisation aussi

[@LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup]

“I saw him. Kevin in his life raft. I told him I would be back and there is no need to rush things.” C’est la vie.

[@seabournewolf2298]

And par hazzard as the French say they immediately lost him. They should have made the attempt to pull him from the water as soon as they found him. I’ve saved a few distressed boats over the years. I’ve never told one. No rush buddy. We’ll be back

[@monalegall3319]

@@seabournewolf2298 @John Harmon Well no need to rush isn't a good traduction of what Jean le Cam said, what he said is " on va pas faire n'importe quoi" wich could be translated as we're not going to mess up. Adding it to the info said earlier of difficult weather condition and the fact they didn't knew yet the risk of drifting was so important, it is more to be understood as to risky to try a rescue at this moment. Sorry if you had understood the video, I just thought the subtitles were not perfect on this part of the video and could led to misunderstood of what Jean le Cam really said. Have a good day ( or night )

[@thadaeuss9351]

Sublime merci 👍

[@poly_hexamethyl]

Did they ever find out what caused the catastrophic damage to the boat? Did he hit a submerged object, such as a shipping container? Or was it some kind of structural failure due to previous overstressing?

[@johnfleming3289]

Bravo Kevin, Bravo Jean. Great sea rescue!

[@Darling-xy9qp]

Bravo les mecs !!!! 👍👍

[@veraciteabsolue1221]

La légende des siècles, en 4'' il envoie un message, revêt sa combinaison, va chercher son radeau, le prépare, le met à l'eau...

[@mohamedtahaabida8701]

Bravoo

[@fanfoue74200]

Yes Jean can, and Jean did it !

[@jfdavid29]

Bravo Jean .un vrai Finistérien.Hugo boss broke a longitudinal girder. PRB broke the bow in two.are there structural problems on these ships ?

[@yanicklajoie6237]

Wow!! Amazing seamanship !!!

[@snowgorilla9789]

Bravo to all involved HERO'S

[@kingrobert1st]

Ok that was very brave and heroic and selfless to rescue a fellow sailor in distress, but this is a single handed boat race, so now Mr. Cam has a passenger on board, isn't he automatically disqualified?

[@colaoliver1587]

Please do a follow up of this story. I assume KEVIN ESCOFFIER is still on the boat. Are there enough previsions for the two sailors to continue non stop? Can they be resupplied at sea from a boat out of Ushuaia without penalty?

[@sailinguncovered]

3 days later he was picked up by a French navy vessel who also dropped off extra food to Le Cam to make up for the food eaten by his passenger! (it included fine pate') Le Cam continues to race...

[@profeuphorbe]

quelle idée de diffuser Titanic la veille :) (je me permets l'humour l'issue étant heureuse pour Kevin Escoffier)

[@lesmobylettesdebeaufort6267]

J'y avait pas pensé...le pauvre Kevin, c'etait pas du cinéma pour lui...😅

[@giampietrolazzarini1228]

super JEAN !!!!!!!!!!!! SANTO SUBITO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrRafterPL]

To me Jean already won this edition of VdG

[@paulguile2199]

Outstanding!

[@petitemauvepetitemauve4023]

sacré bonhomme ce Jean ! quel sens de la mer ...!

[@Camerounisme]

La solidarité entre marins💪👍

[@kennethken8974]

All this problem will be in the past when starlink is fully online right? That guy can even post on reddit while waiting for rescue.

[@gnedelcu7]

Bonsoir Nous vous remercions pour ce video. Merci au Ciel pour ce merveilleux sauvetage. Qu'ce que ont fait les autres skippeurs deroutes? Merci pour une reponse. București, România

[@sergioblanco6688]

Que muestra de compañerismo y lealtad a los hombres de Mar. Mis mas sinceros respetos y gratitud. Muy buena la información de lo acontecido.

[@mhansl]

It's the same in every class, from dinghy races, to ocean races.. Sailors come to the aid of others, with no second thought.

[@basb1179]

hero king jean!!!

[@jbbosselut]

Les Ais fonctionnent en VHF ( 162 mhz)

[@therickpound]

A most unforgiving mistress, enticing, alluring & gorgeous, with the darkest secrets.

[@Mr7valentine7]

Well done!

[@billw3571]

Yes We Cam!!!!!!!

[@sallybaldwin1603]

Thinking of Alex's problems... Are noses an ever greater weak spot? Didn't Boris Herrmann recently muse about the vurtues of a scow-type bow?

[@wobby1516]

Fantastic 🇬🇧

[@ALIENWAREGTX]

Bravo ! Des hommes des vrai !

[@j27340]

PTL

[@Xavier-dh2lf]

J'ai rien compris, Pour quoi Le Cam ne l'a pas sauver dès son premier passage ? Pourquoi trois autres gars on été dérouter si le cam était sur place ? Au final qu'est devenu Kevin Escoffier ? Il est avec Jean Le Cam ?

[@claudealain85]

Il y a plein de manoeuvres préliminaires et tout n'a pas fonctionné immédiatement... On peut être certain qu'il n'y avait certainement pas moyen de faire mieux qu'ils n'ont fait.

[@andrewharris8439]

This rescue so difficult. Very concerning boat construction has been compromised for speed

[@Saylor-Rob61]

Amen!

[@jamesbont7052]

Emoca sunk????

[@thomasrdm459]

Jean le Cam de Carmelide

[@wasabiginger6993]

Wonder if the boat hit something, or was between troughs at the wrong moment? ... amazing to me that the sailors all know that something like this can happen ... their boat breaking in two! ... and loss of life is very real, all too easy to happen ... fortunately, not this time!

[@kathrynmcfarlane1243]

Bravo

[@lightning9279]

Lesson learned is to get the person the first time. You may not get another.

[@ichewtoast111]

Shoutout to EPIRBS!

[@grimkur]

The true sailor

[@jipegame]

Malgré toutes ces explications et même si on a navigué au large sur des voiliers de "plaisance" on a peine à imaginer ce que ces deux là ont dû vivre dans des conditions extrêmes de vent de mer et de température ( ils sont dans les 40èmes) C'est autre chose que de faire un empannage en 420 sur le lac de Serre-Ponçon ...

[@andrewharris8439]

Being a Clipper round the world sailor myself

[@bradleydaniels9639]

Super Heros❤️

[@wilfdarr]

So Boss broke the bow, this one folded in half: I'm going to go out on a limb and say maybe the IMOCA 60 as it stands now isn't up to the task of ocean racing. This is how the sport gets a bad name. It's not supposed to be a test of “the luckiest sailor on the planet”, it's supposed to be “the best sailor on the planet”.

[@VidarrKerr]

And just like that, his boat folded in half like a piece of paper.

[@Rocstoneau]

I counted 217 “eerrrs”.

[@greyjay9202]

High risk junkies -- I have little sympathy for them. Skiing in avalanche conditions, spelunking in unexplored caves, climbing high peaks, or sailing carbon fiber boats in Antarctic waters -- its all the same disease. They leave behind wives and children, and many of these risk addicts never return. Is it heroic? No. Its foolhardy. I do have sympathy for the brave people who have to try to rescue them. Mountain rescue services, fire service rescue personnel, helicopter rescue specialists, and the navies of the world, particularly the Australian navy, which has gone out countless times in impossible weather, to find and pluck these misguided sailors from the sea. The biggest challenge of all, is to lead an "ordinary" life, but that is something which risk addicts avoid like the plague.

[@nikolaospapamichail6142]

Great rescue. However: Memories from Formula 1, high speeds, drivers in danger, materials failing, spectators enjoy.

[@johnburgess5534]

Bravo Zulu Jean.

[@emaskialp]

hero

[@chrisgriffiths2533]

Unforgivable that the Yatch would Fail Structurally like that. Not Good enough Vendee.

[@teamD4L]

#KingJean 😍😎👍