Three Scottish brothers have embarked on a mammoth journey from Peru hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean.

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 kilometers) away in about four months.

The trio from Edinburgh, who previously rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, are hoping to raise more than $1 million for clean water projects in Madagascar in the process.