British brothers hit £1m donation target after record 9,000-mile Pacific row

Three British brothers who set a new record for sailing from Peru to Australia have hit the £1m mark in donations.

Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, sailed unsupported for 139 days across 9,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean. After arriving home in Scotland on Wednesday, the siblings announced they have reached their £1m target, with the money funding their charity, the Maclean Foundation's work to provide clean water for around 40,000 people in Madagascar.

The brothers have received more than 14,000 donations, with their campaign bolstered by a number of celebrity endorsements - including actors Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Wahlberg, Rangers legend Ally McCoist, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, and interior designer Anna Campbell-Jones. While in the middle of the Pacific, Jamie played the bagpipes virtually with the band The All-American Rejects and to McGregor.

Middle brother Jamie, 31, said: "We are blown away by the way people have rallied behind us, not just here in Scotland but from all over the world. The support at every stage of this journey has been incredible.

"To come home having reached £1m is something we never imagined when we first set out. "Knowing that this will change 40,000 lives with access to clean, safe water is the greatest reward we could have asked for." Read more from Sky News:Mercury Prize shortlist revealed Youngest brother Lachlan, who turned 27 while at sea, added: "This feels truly monumental.

We are deeply grateful to every single person who has backed us. "Access to clean water is a basic human need, yet for so many communities in rural Madagascar it remains out of reach.

"To know that 40,000 people will now have safe water for life is life-changing. It makes every mile we rowed worth it, and we couldn't be prouder of what this support will achieve.".