Scottish brothers set world record with first unsupported row across Pacific Ocean in 139 days
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Three Scottish brothers — Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean — set a new world record by completing the first and fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean. They rowed over 14,000 km from Lima, Peru to Cairns, Australia in 139 days, beating the previous record of 159 days set by Russian rower Fedor Konyukhov in 2014. The brothers described the journey as overwhelming upon arrival in Australia.
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· 2 pulledThe trip was 'pretty overwhelming' upon arrival on Australian shores.
We're still got our sea legs, so yeah, wobbling all over the place to be honest.
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