Riverton woman Anne Pilcher Gough hopes to release the book she wrote about the adventures she lived with her partner when they sailed the world on board Kiwi Dream. PHOTO: TONI MCDONALD Riverton woman Anne Pilcher Gough has lost the count of how many nautical miles she has done during her 40 years of sailing. Her latest adventure, when she sailed around the world in 11m steel yacht Kiwi Dream , became the subject of the book Ocean Freedom .
"You never get bored on the boat. There's always something to do," she told the Otago Daily Times . Mrs Gough was born in Australia and was the granddaughter of a master mariner.
While he died when she was only 6, his passion for the sea was passed on to her. "I think he sowed the seed in me for sailing. "He told me real stories about pirates in the China Sea and sailing around Cape Horn in square-rigged ships.
"He died when I was very young, but he left a big impression. I still feel that he's with me whenever I'm sailing." Her adventurous spirit, along with her passion for the sea, led her to live in three countries, build boats and travel several countries.
After meeting partner Alan Forrest, she decided to move to New Zealand and, for the past 10 years, Riverton has been their home. "Riverton is one of the most beautiful places in the world and it's on the door of Stewart Island and Fiordland. We can get out into the Pacific any time we like, and I can sail over to Australia, so it's very central to us.
" In June 2015, the couple decid.