Editing Alec Rose (section)

==Personal life==
Rose was born in Canterbury and was educated at [[Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys]]. In his book ''My Lively Lady'' Rose described himself as a shy youth and a loner, fascinated by nature and the sea. He preferred to be self-employed rather than take a regular job, which allowed him to spend the time (over several years) preparing his yacht for the trans-Atlantic race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Alec Rose: Extract from ''My Lively Lady''|publisher=Eastney Cruising Association|url=http://www.eastneycruisingassociation.com/home/our-history/sir-alec-rose/|accessdate=16 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911224946/http://www.eastneycruisingassociation.com/home/our-history/sir-alec-rose/|archive-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> Rose and his wife Dorothy ran a greengrocer's shop at 38 Osborne Road, Southsea.<ref name=Days>{{cite book|last=Sadden|first=John|publisher=[[The History Press]]|date=2012|title=The Portsmouth Book of Days|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5H87AwAAQBAJ&q=%22Alec+Rose%22+Southsea&pg=PT200|accessdate=16 November 2014|isbn=9780752485874}}</ref>

Alec Rose died aged 82 on 11 January 1991 at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.<ref name=NYT /> At the time of his death he was Admiral of the Ocean Cruising Club, and in an obituary Tim Heywood, a founder member and past Commodore who had known Rose since 1966, described him as "the epitome of the breed of great seamen: quiet, reserved and humble".<ref name=Obit>{{cite web|title=Obituary – Sir Alec Rose|publisher=Ocean Cruising Club|url=http://www.oceancruisingclub.org/index.php/publications/61-fftest2011/flying-fish-1991-1/673-obituary-sir-alec-rose|accessdate=15 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924054618/https://www.oceancruisingclub.org/index.php/publications/61-fftest2011/flying-fish-1991-1/673-obituary-sir-alec-rose|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref> Rose was survived by his wife Dorothy, two sons and two daughters.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 January 1991|title=Sir Alec Rose, World-Circling Sailor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/obituaries/sir-alec-rose-world-circling-sailor-82.html|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> He bequeathed ''Lively Lady'' to Portsmouth.<ref name=Herald />