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Jean Le Cam
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Presentation
He loved it so much
For his first entry into the Vendée Globe last time around, he finished second… That just reveals the true talent of this man, who tries his hand at everything and finds success, as quite apart from his skill as a yachtsman, he is also a perfectionist, who wants everything to be just right. He presents himself as a builder and designer, as much as an ocean racer and that is perhaps one of his great strengths in a race, which is won over a great distance. Above all, he found in the Vendée Globe, a race, which suits him perfectly, from a technical and human standpoint. His humour and exceptional list of achievements are the two pillars of strength for this untiring sailor, who has won practically all there is to win, from dinghy sailing to Formula 40 boats and not forgetting giant multihulls and 60-foot Open boats. His incredible list of successes has grown ever longer in recent times, with his place as runner-up in the Route du Rhum (by just a few minutes) behind his old mate, Roland Jourdain. We can be certain that he would like to add another title to this long list, just to round things off nicely.
Press Contact : Fabrice THOMAZEAU
+33 (0)6 86 00 06 73 / ft.mer.media@wanadoo.fr
Press Contact : Davina RICHARD
+33 (0)6 83 49 06 10 / davina.mer.media@orange.fr
www.jeanlecam.fr
For his first entry into the Vendée Globe last time around, he finished second… That just reveals the true talent of this man, who tries his hand at everything and finds success, as quite apart from his skill as a yachtsman, he is also a perfectionist, who wants everything to be just right. He presents himself as a builder and designer, as much as an ocean racer and that is perhaps one of his great strengths in a race, which is won over a great distance. Above all, he found in the Vendée Globe, a race, which suits him perfectly, from a technical and human standpoint. His humour and exceptional list of achievements are the two pillars of strength for this untiring sailor, who has won practically all there is to win, from dinghy sailing to Formula 40 boats and not forgetting giant multihulls and 60-foot Open boats. His incredible list of successes has grown ever longer in recent times, with his place as runner-up in the Route du Rhum (by just a few minutes) behind his old mate, Roland Jourdain. We can be certain that he would like to add another title to this long list, just to round things off nicely.
Press Contact : Fabrice THOMAZEAU
+33 (0)6 86 00 06 73 / ft.mer.media@wanadoo.fr
Press Contact : Davina RICHARD
+33 (0)6 83 49 06 10 / davina.mer.media@orange.fr
www.jeanlecam.fr
Achievements
• 2006 FICO World Champion
• 2 Transat Jacques Vabre races (3rd in 2005)
• 2nd in the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe
• Winner of the Calais 1000 Miles in 2004
• 3rd in the 2003 ORMA Mondial Assistance Challenge
• Triple winner of the Figaro single-handed event
(1999 – 1996 -1994)
• Transat AG2R (4th in 2008, 2nd in 1996, winner in 1994)
• Formula 40 world champion in 1988 and 1989
• Atlantic record in 1982
On the 60’ « VM Matériaux »
• 2nd in the 2006 Route du Rhum
• 3rd in the 2007 Calais Round Britain Race
• 4th in the 2007 Transat Jacques Vabre
• 2nd in the SNSM Record in 2008
• 2 Transat Jacques Vabre races (3rd in 2005)
• 2nd in the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe
• Winner of the Calais 1000 Miles in 2004
• 3rd in the 2003 ORMA Mondial Assistance Challenge
• Triple winner of the Figaro single-handed event
(1999 – 1996 -1994)
• Transat AG2R (4th in 2008, 2nd in 1996, winner in 1994)
• Formula 40 world champion in 1988 and 1989
• Atlantic record in 1982
On the 60’ « VM Matériaux »
• 2nd in the 2006 Route du Rhum
• 3rd in the 2007 Calais Round Britain Race
• 4th in the 2007 Transat Jacques Vabre
• 2nd in the SNSM Record in 2008
Boat
Jean Le Cam, like Roland Jourdain, is back with his 2004 Lombard designed boat. Keeping to the philosophy, which has motivated him from the outset, he has above all attempted to make weight savings, favouring a lightweight approach rather than power. Then there are the thousand and one little tips he picked up from his first Vendée Globe. The first comparisons have shown that there is very little difference in terms of performance between an updated 2004 boat and one from the new generation.
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Boat - Designer: Marc Lombard - Boatyard: JMV, Cherbourg, France - Launch date: April 2004 - Previous name of the boat and previous skippers: Bonduelle (Jean Le Cam) - Length: 18.28 m (60’) - Beam: 5.30 m (17’5’’) - Draught : 4.50 m (14’9’’) - Displacement: 8400 Kg - Number of daggerboards : 2 - Mast height: 27 m (88’6’’) - Keel blade : carbon - Upwind sail surface: 270 m2 - Downwind sail surface: 380 m2 |
© François Chevalier
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