A leap of the angel in the Indian Ocean and it's the end of the journey for Kevin Escoffier.
The skipper left Jean Le Cam, who had saved him after his sinking, to be transferred to the French navy frigate Nivôse.
Escoffier threw himself into the sea after kissing the one who took him in on his boat for more than 5 days.
Jean Le Cam and Kevin Escoffier were in "direct contact with Captain Frédéric Barbe and Lieutenant (Navy) Jérémie Lefebvre to refine a meeting point in the middle of the Indian Ocean and recover the PRB skipper," said the latter's team.
Victim of a major waterway, the skipper had abandoned his monohull to board his liferaft while he was sailing in third position towards the Cape of Good Hope.
He had been recovered safe and sound, after an eleven hour wait, by Jean Le Cam during the night from Monday to Tuesday.
The latter, for his part, continues his journey in the Vendée Globe aboard "Yes We Cam!"
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