World's fastest yachtswoman completes Asian voyage

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ellen MacArthur, a Briton who completed a solo round-the-world voyage in a record-breaking 71 days last year, speaks about her voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Singapore on May 12 after reaching Singapore's southern coast to finish an eight-week journey.

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