Edinburgh McLean’s brothers set a new record for the Pacific Row

Three Edinburgh brothers have declared a new record for rowing without stopping and not supported across the Pacific after almost 140 days in the sea.

Jamie, Evan and Lakane McLain moved the rigid tropical storms that made them make long aisles 9,000 miles (14,484 km) from Peru to Australia.

During one storm, Laklan was entered overboard A big wave before pulling it back into the boat.

The brothers who reunited with their family and friends in the Cervs in the east of Australia said they were waiting for pizza – and a decent night’s sleep.

said Evan BBC breakfast: “It’s still a little surreal – it will be necessary for our feet to touch the ground, but what a strange reception we have in the Kursns.”

Jamie said that the intersection was physically and morally “tireless”, but added: “We put together a rather good team together, and we have overcome this large -scale problem together.”

Scottish trio broke the previous record 162 days for the fastest full, without help, round the clock Fyodor konyukhov In 2014.

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

McLean conducted most of his workout at sea near Croft, which they conducted in the asythines in the North Western Highlands.

Their carbon fibers are called Emily’s Rose, in memory of their sister, who died in 1996, six and a half months in pregnancy after complications.

The brothers, who still gathered more than £ 700,000 in the amount of £ 1m on pure water projects in Madagascar, hoped to complete their journey even faster.

“We left only dreams to go through this ocean and raise as much money as we can … and it was quite insane, all support,” said Evan in an Instagram message, which was published when their boat approached Kervance.

But the bad weather hindered the last part of their path, including high winds over the night and Friday night.

Lakane, speaking with BBC Scotland News on Thursday, said: “The main thing in all our minds, except for the vision of the family and our friends, is a freshly adorned bed with fresh pilots – and a shower.”

He said a number of relatively smoothly before the conditions became more complicated about halfway through the ocean.

Laklan said: “So far, we had a pretty consistent wind and weather.

“Then we had an anti -cyclone we couldn’t avoid.”

During a 36-hour storm in July, Laklan was washed overboard.

The 27-year-old guy said he was lucky that he would be attached to the safety boat for 40 km/h (64 km/h) wind and 6 m (20 feet) waves.

He was drawn to the craft up to 33 -year -old Evan, was able to help him return on board.

Laklan said the BBC breakfast, “I went into the cabin, and this wave of robbers came from the outside, and I had no time to respond and it was washed overboard.

“It was pretty scary, I’m not going to lie.”

Later, the cyclone forced the brothers to give up the plan to land in Brisbane, and they were forced to make the volume around the remote archipelago of Caledonia to avoid a storm.

To complete a number without supporting, they could not land on the island to return, or take help from any passing boats.

The brothers had to bring all the food – 500 kg of frozen food and 75 kg of oats.

They had enough provisions to last 150 days, but Laklan said they had started normalizing their supplies in the last few weeks in case of further delay in Australia.

Laklan said: “We still had a military house reserve, but we did not want to invest in them.

“They were there for an emergency and they are also not very good.”

He said the “final resort” when they ended with all their supplies, was a fishing rod they brought with them to catch their own food.

Morality was the main problem for the rowers, with the deprivation of sleep one of the biggest problems.

Brothers who completed a record row across the Atlantic In 2020Tried to get at least five -six hours of sleep in blocks up to three hours around long changes in oars.

Sharing a chocolate tile or creating each other coffee, helped to lift the mood.

Laklan said, “Our super -sti is brothers.

“You can be quite sincere with each other, and we obviously have so much joint history, and it may mean that you are less likely to fall out.”

He said their main motivation was the fundraising, and Laklan thanked those who donated.

He said, “We are absolutely surprised at how it went.”

I look forward to fresh food and a comfortable bed, Laklan said he would skip the nights under the filled starry sky and closed meetings with whales, dolphins and seapier.

32 -year -old Jami described the adventure as “the most incredible, tireless and often surreal” in his life.

He said: “Although I can miss the routine, loneliness, sunset and sunrise, now I’m just very happy to return to Earth with my friends and family that I missed so much.

“It will take a while to immerse yourself.”

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

“Things became tough and we seriously thought we could end up.

“Although we were exhausted, we had to strengthen the program and make it before the supplies are over, but now we can eat the right food.

Evan added: “The days were long, but the weeks flew by, it is strange to think about the time we spent here.

“It was the hardest thing I did, and I couldn’t even consider it without brothers.”