Alec Rose, the greengrocer who circumnavigated the globe in 1968 | Sailing

In 1968, modest greengrocer-navigator Alec Rose reflected in the Observer on what drove him to undertake a perilous round-the-world trip on his boat, Lively Lady, with only his teddy bear, Algy (pictured), for company.

A shy, solitary child, Rose dreamed of ‘far-off places’. Like the racing…