Sibling celebration as brothers in oars set record for rowing Atlantic
THREE BROTHERS from the UK have set a world record after rowing the Atlantic Ocean in just 35 days.
The MacLean siblings, known as BROAR, set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands on December 12 and completed their 3,000-mile row to Antigua in the Caribbean on Thursday.
It means the brothers – Lachlan, 21, Jamie, 26, and Ewan, 27 – beat the previous record of a trio rowing the Atlantic Ocean, which was 41 days, with the timing of 35 days, nine hours and nine minutes.
Ewan said: “This is without doubt, the defining experience of my life.
“It was incredibly difficult but
This is without doubt, the defining experience of my life.
Ewan MacLean, who rowed the Atlantic Ocean with his brothers in 35 days. the way we came together, the way our bodies and minds coped with every single challenge, will stay with me for a long time.”
The trio, from Edinburgh, is hoping to raise £250,000 for Feedback Madagascar and Children First.
Children First is Scotland’s national children’s charity, while Feedback Madagascar works with some of the poorest communities in Madagascar to improve their lives and their environment.
During their journey they had to overcome seasickness, battery issues, dehydration and exhaustion. They had to row the last 20 days without any music, as their iPhone cables succumbed to damage.
Jamie, a Glasgow School of Art graduate, and Lachlan, a student at Glasgow University, convinced Ewan, a design engineer for Dyson in Bristol, to take a sabbatical from work to make the world record attempt. They are the first three brothers known to row any ocean and the youngest trio known to row the Atlantic.