Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days

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After 139 days at sea, three Scottish brothers have set a new world record by completing the first and fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean.Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan McClean rowed more than 14,000 kilometres from Lima, Peru, to Cairns, becoming the first team ever to complete the full crossing from South America to Australia. The previous record of 159 days had been set in 2014 by Russian rower Fedor Konyukhov.Ewan told the ABC the trip was "pretty overwhelming" upon arrival on Australian shores. "We're still got our sea legs, so yeah, wobbling all over the place to be honest, but very happy to be ashore," he said.The brothers broke multiple records. (Supplied)The brothers took on the challenge to raise funds for clean water projects in Madagascar, raising more than 795,000 pounds ($1.64m) so far to help 40,000 people. This caught the attention of many celebrities, including Mark Wahlberg, who spoke with the trio while they were at sea.Bad weather changes plansThe trip was not all smooth sailing.Bad weather meant the brothers could not finish at their planned destination, Sydney."The last couple of weeks have been really hard," Jamie said."Our expectations being crushed when we thought we were going to arrive and then getting hit by storm after storm, just getting knocked back, getting thrown north."To have to break the news to them [family] that, unfortunately, the weather's turned against us and we're going to be out here for a lot longer than we anticipated. That was really, really hard." Loading...The brothers battled seasickness, injuries, extreme weather, a broken water maker, a faulty auto-helm, and dwindling food supplies.Lachlan experienced a terrifying man-overboard incident during a night shift, when his brother Ewan quickly managed to rescue him."A side-on wave came in out of nowhere. I had like a couple of seconds to react and it just hit me," Lachlan said. "Took me right off my feet. I kind of hit the life-lines on the starboard side, basical...