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Scottish Brothers Finish 9,000-Mile Pacific Row to Australia in Reported Record Time

The trio used the Peru-to-Australia crossing to raise money for clean-water projects through their Maclean Foundation.

Overview

  • They landed in Cairns on Saturday after departing Peru, completing a roughly 9,000-mile Pacific crossing.
  • The journey lasted 139 days, 5 hours and 52 minutes, according to details provided to PA and reported by dpa.
  • The attempt was unsupported with no escort vessel or resupply, and they carried about 500 kilograms of food as stores ran low near the end.
  • Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean rotated shifts on a custom carbon‑fibre boat named Rose Emily.
  • Their time outpaced Russian rower Fedor Konyukhov’s 2014 ChileAustralia effort, which covered a shorter route in a little over 159 days.