“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Round-the-world Yachtsman Waits for Cape Breeze

By Richard Crockett

58 Years ago today Alec Rose rounded the Cape on his singlehanded circumnavigation. He was ultimately Knighted for this feat.

The Daily news opened their report with this paragraph: “Round-the World yachtsman Alec Rose survived seas “like sledgehammers” smashing into his 37ft. yacht, the ‘Lively Lady’, 72 hours ago and today he was patiently waiting 260 miles south of the Cape for a breeze to drive him on his attempt to emulate Sir Francis Chichester’s epic circumnavigation of the globe”.

READ MORE HERE:  1967 10 10 – Daily News – Don Pfotenhauer Collection – 000057 – OCR