YACHTSWOMAN BACK ON LAND AFTER OCEAN ORDEAL

British yachtswoman Susie Goodall is back on dry land after being rescued by a cargo ship in the southern Pacific Ocean where her boat capsized during a solo round-the-world race. Goodall arrived Friday to the Chilean southern city of Punta Arenas, where she was met by her mother and brother.

The family smiled and hugged before they joined her in an ambulance for a medical checkup in the port city, about 2,000 kilometres from Santiago. Goodall declined to speak to journalists.

The 29-year-old was the youngest entrant and the only woman in the Golden Globe competition that began July 1 in Les Sables-d’Olonne, France.

A violent storm ripped off her mast and flung her yacht end over end on Dec. 5.