Improbable fourth in the Vendée Globe, Jean Le Cam had a very difficult race for two and a half months.
His epic was considerably complicated when his hull suffered damage and when a rib broke.
Despite everything, he draws up a positive assessment of this extraordinary adventure.
INTERVIEW
For him, it was more than a race.
Jean Le Cam, who arrived in Les Sables-d'Olonne on Thursday evening at the end of this exceptional Vendée Globe, experienced "unbearable" moments for two and a half months.
He finally finished fourth.
"I wanted to take the prick's place so that someone wouldn't take it for me."
The skipper of "Yes We Cam!"
tells, Friday evening, at the microphone of Europe 1, all the galleys he encountered during this marathon of the seas.
He also evokes the beautiful lesson of humanity and the "magical" moments that he retains from this period, from which he emerges with a broken rating.
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A Vendée Globe of contrasts
When he arrived in the channel, in Sables-d'Olonne, Jean Le Cam was greeted by the song
Que je t'aime
, by Johnny Hallyday, a legend he adores.
"Do you have to know hate to know love?", Says the singer.
These are beautiful words taken out of the context of Johnny Hallyday.
For us, the Vendée Globe is all about contrasts.
I have widely questioned myself: 'Do you have to know evil to know good?'
These questions, you ask yourself deeply when you have just done what we have just done. "
Not a word about the damage
What he just did was a crazy race, with many twists and turns.
There is obviously the rescue of Kevin Escoffier, on November 30, off the Cape of Good Hope.
There is also this damage he experienced on the hull of his boat, which made his navigation very complicated.
A problem about which he will say nothing until the end.
"It was something that did not necessarily have to be in the eyes and analyzes of each other", slices the sailor.