Editing Alec Rose (section)

==Single-handed global circumnavigation==
When Rose heard that [[Francis Chichester]] intended to sail single-handedly around the world, he was keen to compete. He attempted to start his journey at approximately the same time as Chichester (sailing ''[[Gypsy Moth IV]]'') in 1966, but mechanical failures and a collision off Ushant meant he had to postpone the event until the following year.<ref name=Herald />

The voyage began on 16 July 1967. While he was away Rose's wife Dorothy ran their fruit and vegetable stall, displaying a map charting his progress. On 17 December, after 155 days and 14,500 miles, he arrived in Melbourne where he met his son who lived there. Among the people who came to watch Rose's arrival was Prime Minister [[Harold Holt]], who disappeared later the same day after going for a swim.<ref name=Herald /> Rose stopped once more, an unplanned call into [[Bluff Harbour]], New Zealand, to repair a damaged mast.<ref name=Obit />

The voyage was closely followed by the British and international press and Rose's landfall at 12.33pm in [[Southsea]], [[Portsmouth]], on 4 July 1968, 354 days after he set off, was met by cheering crowds of hundreds of thousands. It was 10 days before his 60th birthday.<ref name=Days /><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[BBC]]|title=On this day, 4 July 1968|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2744000/2744481.stm|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=British Pathé (video)|date=1968|title=Alec Rose returns|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/portsmouth-alec-rose-returns|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> On 10 July 1968, he was made a [[Knight Bachelor]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44632 |date=12 July 1968 |page=7751 }}</ref> He was made a Freeman of the City of Portsmouth in the same year,<ref name=Plaque /> was guest of honour at the Anglo-American Sporting Club gala evening at the London Hilton,<ref>{{cite news|publisher=British Pathé (video)|date=1968|title=Alec Rose Guest of Honour at Sporting Club|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/london-alec-rose-guest-of-honour-at-sporting-club/query/awards|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> and fêted with ''Lively Lady'' outside the Daily Mirror Building at Holborn Circus.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=British Pathé (video)|date=1968|title=Alec Rose and Lively Lady at Daily Mirror Building|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/alec-rose-and-lively-lady-at-daily-mirror-building/query/dorothy|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref> He opened the Bamboo House Chinese restaurant in Southsea in 1968. He was granted the Freedom of the City of London in 1969.<ref name=BBC2011>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|date=28 January 2011|title=Sir Alec Rose's Lively Lady prepares for world trip|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9379000/9379349.stm|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref>

Rose's voyages are detailed in his book ''My Lively Lady''. He wrote a children's version, ''Around the world with Lively Lady'' (1968) and another book ''My favourite tales of the sea'' (1969).