World record rowing attempt set to culminate in Far North Queensland
Ocean boating
A trio of Scottish brothers are closing in on Far North Queensland in a record-breaking bid to row non-stop across the Pacific Ocean.
If Douglas Shire boaties want to welcome the intrepid travellers, they can get out on the water in the next two days, with the specially designed row boat scheduled to dock in Cairns on Thursday.
Lachlan, Ewan and Jamie Maclean left Peru in April to row more than 14,000km unaccompanied, with the aim to make about $2m for clean-water projects in Madagascar.
Described as their “biggest challenge yet”, the journey was reportedly originally planned to finish in Sydney, but the destination is now FNQ.
“We aim to break multiple world records and become the fastest ever to do so,” the brothers stated before leaving South America.
“Every single penny raised through public fundraising will go towards clean-water projects.”
The brothers have made headlines across the world during the journey, including attracting attention from Hollywood heavyweights such as Mark Wahlberg, who has offered to play one of them in a film adaptation of the journey.
The boys from Edinburgh rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in 2023, breaking three world records with that journey.
After 138 days on the ocean, the Maclean brothers are aiming to complete their world record-breaking row at about 4pm at Cairns Marlin Marina.
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