FILE PHOTO: Sailing - Vendee Globe - Les Sables-d'Olonne, France - November 8, 2020 PRB's skipper Kevin Escoffier waves REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
(Reuters) - French sailor Kevin Escoffier was rescued in heavy seas off the Cape of Good Hope by rival Jean Le Cam on Tuesday, more than 11 hours after his yacht broke in two during the Vendee Globe race.
Organisers of the solo, round-the-world race said Escoffier was safe and well with fellow Frenchman Le Cam, who plucked the 40-year-old from his liferaft after an overnight search.
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