After several days on the same boat, Kevin Escoffier and Jean Le Cam parted ways.
This Sunday morning, the French Navy picked up Kevin Escoffier who had to abandon the Vendée Globe because of a major water leak in his boat and who had been rescued by Jean Le Cam during the night from Monday to Tuesday last.
The PRB skipper first jumped into the water before being "recovered aboard a French Navy semi-rigid […] then was greeted by the Nivôse crew", specifies the Escoffier team.
“Kisses my quail,” said Kevin Escoffier, adding words to words before leaving Jean Le Cam.
Video: Transfer of Kevin Escoffier between YesWeCam!
and the Nivôse surveillance frigate: the last moments on board, the last words "Bise ma caille", "see you".
Emotions.
https://t.co/KIsImLVq3m # VG2020 #Marinenationale #KevinEscoffier
- Jean Le Cam (@JeanLecam) December 6, 2020
The transfer took place “between 3:05 am and 3:15 am (French time), explains the organization of the Vendée Globe.
“The PRB skipper is currently on board the Nivôse and in great shape,” she adds.
[KEVIN ESCOFFIER ON BOARD FS NIVÔSE]
The transfer of @KevinEscoffier (PRB) from @JeanLecam's IMOCA (Yes We Cam!) Went well this Sunday morning between 3:05 am and 3:15 am (HF).
The PRB skipper is currently on board the Nivôse and in great shape.
Jean resumed his journey.
pic.twitter.com/9zEtFhWswB
- Vendée Globe (@VendeeGlobe) December 6, 2020
“Kevin is heading for gravel while Jean Le Cam can resume his solo route for this Vendée Globe,” added PRB in a press release.
A very complicated approach
Since Saturday, Jean Le Cam and Kevin Escoffier have been in "direct contact with Captain Frédéric Barbe and Lieutenant Jérémie Lefebvre to refine a meeting point in the middle of the Indian Ocean and recover the PRB skipper" , tells the team of the rescued skipper.
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The approach of the frigate and of “Yes We Cam” was very complicated during the day on Saturday, then at night due to the extreme weather conditions in the area: “the Nivôse was sailing at the end of the afternoon yesterday
(Saturday , editor's note)
in heavy seas and 40 knots of wind, ”explains PRB.
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It was finally in the north of Île aux Cochons and Île de la Possession, at 40 ° 15 South, 52 ° 20 ° East, that the two boats were able to transfer the skipper.