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Outdoor Activities

Not Every Boater Needs a Yacht

When you are showing off The Locks to out-of-town guests or walking the length of Shilshole Bay Marina, it looks like everyone in Seattle owns a yacht. Similarly, at Opening Day hosted by the Seattle Yacht Club or during the Seafair extravaganza, it seems that all boaters are Microsoft millionaires who fancy superyachts. But not […]

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Growing our industry through youth boating programs

Increasing participation in recreational boating is NMTA’s mission.  I like to say we want “more boaters tomorrow then there are today.”  We want people young and old all over the northwest to wake up each morning and say “I want to go boating.”  The Seattle Boat Show is our number one boating promotion, but eleven […]