Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan MacLean set off in a carbon fiber dinghy from Lima, aiming to reach Sydney in Australia 9,000 miles (14,500 kilometres) away in about four months. The three Scottish brothers have embarked on the mammoth journey from Peru hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean.
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00:00The record that we're aiming to break is the fastest human powered cross
00:29crossing of the Pacific Ocean, so we will also be attempting to get a world first which
00:35is the first team to row non-stop and unsupported across the full Pacific Ocean.
00:52It means that you're probably getting between 5 and 6 hours of sleep per 24 hours and you're
00:58rowing probably for about 12 to 14 hours a day, so it's absolutely relentless.