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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Agreement finally reached on Seabeck marina

If you've followed this story, then you know it's been years in the making
— After almost abandoning plans to build a 200-slip marina in Seabeck earlier this year, the private developers behind the project have finally signed an agreement with the state Department of Natural Resources to build the marina.

Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jul/26/agreement-reached-on-seabeck-marina/#ixzz1Tcw4IR9z



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Monday, July 25, 2011

Upcoming events you will want to attend

Get out your calendars as NMTA has a bunch fun and informative events in the near future.

This Wednesday, NMTA will host the Superyacht Committee meeting.

2:00-4:00 at NMTA's office (1900 N Northlake Way, Suite 233, Seattle, WA 98103)

Invited to present are Fred Robinson of Carney Badley Spellman, who will speak for the need to take regional approach to recreational boating. Also, Jim Hebert of Hebert Research will walk the group through the economic impact study that was recently completed. The numbers in the study continue to help us get our collective heads around that boating means business in the area.

Later on Wednesday night if you find yourself in Greenwood and are looking for a parade to attend, look for NMTA's staff as we promote the Bayliner Boat we are giving away.

On Thursday, the Government Affairs Committee will convene to discuss the progress on expanding the cruising permit and sales-tax cap for boat purchases. These two issues remain priorities from last year and the committee will have a special guest for this event: Jeff Erdman of Bollman Yachts. Jeff was part of Florida's effort to cap sales-tax at $18,000. He's going to share with us the key parts to their effort as well as stumbling blocks that they overcame.

Government Affairs Committee details:

10:00 – Noon

Thursday, July 28

Location: NMTA

To cap off the week, NMTA will play a major role in Seafair's Torch Light Parade. Watch for us on TV and on the parade route as we pull the Bayliner Boat boat through downtown Seattle. Thank you, Lake Union Sea Ray for making playing the integral role in this give-away.

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Kirkland Uncorked

If you are looking for some fun this weekend, head over to Kirkland Uncorked. The Seattle Boat Show will be there with some giveaways thanks to Wear it Washington!

Stop by and see our booth and NMTA's members Seattle Watersports, Granite Boatworks and Marine Servicenter, who will have boats for sale.


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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Florida's Marine Jobs Bill already paying off

The Florida Yacht Brokers Assoc (FYBA), the trade association that drove the sales-tax cap legislation, has very promising reports thus far on this precedent-setting legislation. You may remember that this was the jobs bill that capped sales tax on all recreational boats at $18,000.

For the first six months (ending Jan 1, 2011), the Florida Dept of Boating, which is the agency that collects the tax, says that 85 boats have paid the $18,000 tax rendering $1,530,000 in taxes collected. Contrast that number with the taxes collected for the 12 months preceding the new legislation, which was $1,400,000, and you can see that this is a huge win for the state's coffers.

Additionally, the unofficial count is up to 145 boats/$2,600,000 for the first 10 months.

More importanly, the brokers report that the sales also have resulted in conversion of many boats to US flagged from foreign flagged. The implication is these boats will spend additional money without having to leave once their cruising permit expires.

So far, it all adds up to a win for the state of Florida, a win for the boat owner and a win for all businesses both marine and non marine supplying products and services.

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Friday, July 08, 2011

NMTA and our members in the news

If you are thinking that you are seeing a lot of buzz around NMTA’s members in the press, then you are correct. Most recently, Three Sheets NW's Deborah Bach covered the Downtown Sailing Series in this Seattle Times article. Also, NMTA’s President George Harris responded here to the recent action taken by the King County Council that requires life jackets on certain rivers in the King County area.

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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Boatyard Training Tomorrow

The Clean Boating Foundation, an org that NMTA helped launch, has organized a training for boatyards tomorrow. The two-hour session with Dept of Ecology will assist them file their discharge monitoring reports on-line.

If you are interested in attending, please rsvp to Peter Schrappen (peter at nmta.net).

Details:

10:00-Noon

NMTA Conference Room

Wednesday, July 6


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