We have a boat name!

We’ve got a winner!

RIPARIANNE is the new name of Sound Rivers’ new 2025 KenCraft Bay Rider Skiff 2060!

And the winning boat-name suggestion came from Perry Coltrane! Not only does Perry get bragging rights, but he’ll also receive Sound Rivers T-shirt (new design!), a copper-insulated water bottle, a Sound Rivers hat and a cruise on the new (and newly named) boat, piloted by our Neuse or Tar-Pamlico Riverkeepers!

A little more about RIPARIANNE

The name beat out four other finalists: Sound Hound, River Creeper, Al G. Bloom and The Tide Turner.

The name RIPARIANNE is a play on words: riparian, meaning “relating to or situated on the banks of a river” or “relating to wetlands adjacent to rivers and streams.” RIPARIANNE also looks and sounds like a woman’s name, which is a historical and cultural reference to the personification of ships as nurturing and protective entities and their association with goddesses and female figures in mythology.

A heartfelt ‘Thank you!’

Thank you, to everyone who sent in boat-name suggestions (all 124 of them)! Sound Rivers staff had a great time selecting the Top 5 finalists and rooting for our favorites!

We raised more than $800 during the voting phase of the contest, which will go a long way to supply RIPARIANNE.

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