MacLean brothers' Pacific rowing record raises $945k for Madagascar charity
The MacLean brothers, Jamie, Ewan, and Lachlan, from Scotland, have set a new world record for non-stop rowing across the Pacific Ocean. They covered 9,000 miles (14,484 kilometers) in 140 days.
They started in Peru on April 13 and arrived in Cairns, Australia, on Saturday.
“It was an incredible, very difficult time, filled with so much indescribable euphoria. I don't think we'll ever forget these 140 days,” said Jamie MacLean.
“I still feel like I'm on the boat. It's strange, because on the boat I felt like I was standing on solid ground. It all feels unreal,” said Lachlan MacLean.
The MacLean brothers beat the previous record, held by Russian rower Fedor Konyukhov, who completed the same distance in 162 days in 2014. The Scots have already raised $945,000 for their charitable project, which aims to provide drinking water to people in Madagascar.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
