Brothers who rowed Pacific hit £1m target

THREE brothers who set a new record for sailing from Peru to Australia have hit the £1million mark in donations.

- By Ryan McDougall

Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, rowed for 139 days across 9,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean.

The trio took on the challenge unsupported and took enough food and supplies on board with them to last the duration of the trip.

After arriving home in Scotland yesterday, the brothers announced they have reached their £1m target, with the money funding their charity the Maclean Foundation's work to provide clean water for about 40,000 people in Madagascar.