The Maclean brothers of Edinburgh have set a new record for Pacific Row

Three brothers from Edinburgh have claimed a new record for rowing constantly and not taken care of in the Pacific Ocean after almost 140 days at sea.

Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean have endured violent tropical storms, which forced them to make long detours during their trip to 9,000 miles (14,484 km) from Peru to Australia.

During a storm, Lachlan was swept by a large wave before being removed from the boat.

The brothers, who were gathered with their family and friends in Cairns, in eastern Australia, said they were looking forward to pizza – and a decent night.

Ewan told BBC Breakfast: “It’s always slightly surreal – it will take a little time for our feet to touch the ground, but what an incredible reception we had in Cairns.”

Jamie said that the level passage had been “mentally” mentally “, but added:” Together, we form a fairly good team, and together, we have overcome this massive challenge. “”

The Scottish trio broke the previous 162 -day record for the fastest and most assisted and unaccomposed PAIFIC ROW, established by the Russian solo rower Fyodor Konyukhov in 2014.

Their last time was 139 days, five hours and 52 minutes.

The patchs have done a large part of their training in the sea near a croft they have in assassin in the northwest highlands.

Their carbon fiber boat is called Rose Emily, in memory of their sister who died in 1996, six and a half months after pregnancy after complications.

The brothers, who have hitherto collected more than £ 700,000 of a target of 1 million sterling pounds for drinking water projects in Madagascar, had hoped to finish their trip in an even faster period.

“We left just with a dream to cross this ocean and collect as much money as possible … And that was absolutely crazy, all the support,” said Ewan in an Instagram article that was published while their boat approached Cairns.

But bad weather hampered the last section of their trip, including strong winds overnight Thursday and Friday.

Lachlan, addressing BBC Scotland News on Thursday, said: “The main thing in all our minds, except to see the family and our friends, is a freshly made bed with fresh linen sheets – and a shower.”

He said that the row took place relatively long before the conditions no longer became difficult to be halfway through the ocean.

Lachlan said: “Until that time, we had a fairly constant wind and time.

“Then we had an anti-cyclone that we could not avoid.”

During the 36-hour storm in July, Lachlan was washed over board.

The 27 -year -old said that he had the chance to be attached to the boat by a safety line for 40 mph (64 km / h) winds and 6 m (20 feet) waves.

He was dragged behind the profession before Ewan, 33, could help him fall back on board.

Lachlan told BBC Breakfast: “I was going to the cabin and this vague thug came on the side and I did not have time to react and I was washed over board.

“It was quite frightening, I’m not going to lie.”

Later, a cyclone forced the brothers to abandon a plan to land in Brisbane and they were forced to make a detour around the archipelago distant from New Caledonia to avoid the storm.

To complete the underestimated row, they could not land on an island to restock, nor accept the help of any passing boat.

The brothers had to bring with them all their food – 500 kg of lyophilized food and 75 kg of oats.

They had enough arrangements to last 150 days, but Lachlan said they had started rationing their supplies in the last few weeks in the event of additional delays to reach Australia.

Lachlan said: “We always had a reserve of military rations, but we did not want to go back.

“They were there for an emergency, and they don’t have a very good taste either.”

He said that the “final station” if they lacked all their supplies were a fishing rod they had brought with them to catch their own food.

Morale was a key concern for oarors, sleep deprivation one of the greatest challenges.

The brothers, who finished a record row across the Atlantic in 2020, tried to take at least five or six hours of sleep in blocks of up to three hours long teams in the OAR.

Sharing a chocolate bar or having a coffee has helped to raise morale.

Lachlan said: “Our great power is to be brothers.

“You can be completely frank with each other and we obviously have so much shared history, and it may mean that you are less likely to fall.”

He said that their main motivation was fundraising and that Lachlan thanked those who had made a donation.

He said: “We are absolutely blown away by the way it happened.”

While waiting for fresh food and a comfortable bed, Lachlan said it would lack nights under a sky filled with stars and close encounters with whales, dolphins and sea birds.

Jamie, 32, described the adventure as “the most incredible, relentless and often surreal” of her life.

He said: “Although I miss the routine, loneliness, sunsets and lifes and much more, at the moment, I’m just very happy to be back on earth with my friends and my family that I missed so much.

“The whole will take a while to sink.”

He added: “It doesn’t surprise anyone – but all I want is a pizza.

“Things have become harsh towards the end and we seriously thought that we could lack food.

“Despite our exhaustion, we had to intensify equipment and do it before supplies are exhausted, but now we can eat appropriate food.

Ewan added: “The days were long and yet the weeks spent a passer -by, it’s strange to think about the time we spent here.

“It was the most difficult thing I have ever done, and I could not have contemplated it without my brothers.”