Mail Sport Extreme: Rowing for glory! As Edinburgh's MacLean brothers get set to sail the Pacific, raising money for clean water projects is the real mission
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Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 2020 wasn't enough for Edinburgh brothers Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan MacLean. Later this year, they plan to cover around three times the distance and row the Pacific. Setting sail from Lima, Peru, around the start of April - weather dependent - the brothers will attempt to become the first trio to reach Sydney via human-powered vessel - unsupported and without stopping, all in the name of charity as they look to raise £1million for clean water projects under the MacLean Foundation.
![[The brothers helped design the new boat for their latest challenge with teams from around Europe]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/18/93880779-0-image-a-2_1736362451483.jpg)
With around 70kilograms of porridge to fuel them in the morning and over 2,000 meals - mostly freeze dried home cooked meals - as well as a multi-million pound craft, the MacLeans are pulling out all the stops as they attempt to create history. Along the way, they will face numerous challenges including typhoons, sleep deprivation, exhaustion, sharks and the threat of marlins. But for the trio, there's no better feeling than tackling these mammoth challenges with their - quite literal - brothers in arms.
![[The new boat will weigh around 280kg on its own - less than half of the old craft]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/19/93880751-0-image-a-5_1736363318095.jpg)
'As kids, we used to beat the s*** out of each other,' says Ewan. 'Lachlan is a bit younger, he's got amazing grip strength, but Jamie and I had this swing in the garden and we used to peg him up on that. We were terrible. But that's just boys growing up.
![[The brothers admit that they couldn't envisage doing this challenge with anyone else]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/19/93882457-0-image-a-6_1736363331165.jpg)
