Kévin Escoffier, skipper of Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine) in the Ocean Race, announced he was leaving his team until the end of the event. The French sailor won the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2005.
He is accused of having had an "inappropriate behavior towards a young woman during a party in Newport", as announced, in the Telegram, the president of the FFVoile, Jean-Luc Denéchau. "Behaviors that cannot be tolerated," according to the sailing boss.