Nyatne, 2025
Length: 5.2m, Beam: 1.9m, Draft: 0.2m
Propulsion: Sail
Construction: Timber, Marine Plywood
Owner: Peter Batchelor
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After selling our Laywing 16, I decided to build another B&B Yacht Designs boat, this time the Core Sound 17 Mk3. This was the boat I had originally intended to build after Kirsty Ann, our Core Sound 17 Mk1. Changes to the plans resulted in a slightly larger beam, which meant that it wouldn't have fitted down our driveway at the time, but now that we've moved this is not an issue. This boat has a self-draining cockpit, water ballast, and a cabin with two berths. She has an e-Propulsion Spirit 1 electric outboard. She should be a great boat for participating in future raids. and long weekends away.
I've named this boat Nyatne (pronounced Nee Aat Nay), which means thankful, or thank-you, in the language of the Wadawurrung people, the traditional owners of the land east of Aireys Inlet on the Surf Coast, to the Bellarine, to Geelong and Ballarat, and to the Werribee River. I do have a lot to be thankful for, so I thought that it would be an appropriate name.
