US EditionCare home residents take up oars to support Scots brothers’ Pacific bid
The Maclean brothers are nearing a world record after 134 days rowing 9,000 miles, having raised over £600,000 for Madagascar clean water projects with broad community support.
- People living in a care home in Edinburgh have begun physiotherapy-led rowing activities to support three Scottish brothers rowing unsupported across the Pacific Ocean.
- The brothers, Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean, embarked on day 134 of their non-stop Peru to Australia journey to raise £1 million for Madagascar water projects.
- Due to severe weather, the brothers changed their planned destination from Sydney to Cairns but continue to aim for breaking the record as the quickest team to row unsupported across the Pacific.
- Jamie Maclean called the encouragement from those back home deeply moving and noted that knowing Chamberlain Care Home is supporting their journey has a meaningful impact.
- Community efforts include fundraising challenges and events, while the care home's Sheila Burtles, custodian of the voyage log, leads local support including a bake sale and concert on Thursday.
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3 brothers attempt a record-setting row across the Pacific
It’s a story of three brothers, a boat and thousands of miles of ocean. The Maclean brothers from Scotland are in the final stretch of their attempt to row nonstop across the Pacific from Peru to Australia. They’re going for more than a world record — they’re raising money for clean water projects in East Africa. John Yang spoke with the brothers when they were about 500 miles from Australia.
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Care home residents take up oars to support Scots brothers’ Pacific bid
Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean described the support they have had from back home as ‘humbling’.
Why three brothers are attempting a record-setting row across the Pacific Ocean
It’s a story of three brothers, a boat and thousands of miles of ocean. The Maclean brothers from Scotland are in the final stretch of their attempt to row nonstop across the Pacific from Peru to Australia. They’re going for more than a world record — they’re raising money for clean water projects…
Care home residents take up oars to support Scots brothers’ Pacific bid - Rother Radio
Residents at an Edinburgh care home have taken up rowing sessions to show their support for three Scottish brothers aiming to become the fastest team to row across the Pacific. Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean, who used to visit their grandmother at Chamberlain Care Home in Edinburgh, are on day 134 of their unsupported, non-stop journey from Peru to Australia to raise £1 million for clean water projects in Madagascar. They are expected to comple…
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