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Scottish Brothers Claim Fastest Full Pacific Row With Peru-to-Cairns Crossing

Their non-stop, unsupported Peru-to-Australia effort also raised roughly £790,000 for clean-water projects in Madagascar.

Overview

  • Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean arrived in Cairns on Saturday after rowing more than 14,000km non-stop from Peru in a custom carbon-fibre boat.
  • Their crossing was reported at 139 days, five hours and 52 minutes, outpacing the previously cited 160-day benchmark set by solo rower Fyodor Konyukhov in 2014.
  • The trio are reported as the first team on record to complete the full South America-to-Australia Pacific row.
  • The voyage featured violent storms, an overboard recovery, seasickness and food concerns, with the brothers rotating two-hour shifts without resupply or a safety boat.
  • The Maclean Foundation says funds raised, reported at more than $1.6m (about £790,000), will support clean water for an estimated 40,000 people in Madagascar.