Save the Date! NMTA Golf Tournament

For more information contact Katie Groseclose at katieg@nmta.net

NMTA Boat Dealers Invited to Display Boats at Seattle Maritime Festival on May 9

Maritime Festival’s Family Fun Day

NMTA boat dealers are invited by the Seattle Maritime Festival to display boats at the Maritime Festival’s Family Fun Day in Lake Union Park on Saturday, May 9 – at no cost to dealers!

Lake Union Park, home to the Museum of History & Industry and the Center for Wooden Boats, is the historic waterfront setting for the festival’s lineup of popular maritime activities, which include booth exhibits, historic vessel tours, a boat building competition, Lake Union/Ship Canal boat rides, live music, a food and beer garden, and a long list of kid friendly activities.

The event will be well promoted with over $30,000 of advertising through KING 5, KIRO Radio and the Seattle Times. 

As many as 10,000 people are expected to attend this FREE Family Fun Day and the event organizers have offered to include NMTA boat dealers at no cost!

Display space is on land and will accommodate approximately 20 boats depending on boat size and number of exhibitors. Assigned display size will depend on dealer demand. If you are interested in participating, please email Katie McPhail at katiemc@nmta.net 

WHEN: Boat Display (sales should be finalized off-site)
WHEN: Saturday, May 9
WHERE: Lake Union Park (near the Museum of History & Industry)

HOURS: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Help us celebrate National Marina Day on June 13

For the third year, NMTA member marinas are asked to help celebrated National Marina Day across the region by opening their facilities to the public and hosting a variety of different events that energize boaters, introduce the fun of boating to new audiences and help grow boat ownership.

We encourage you to consider how you can participate by welcome boaters and enticing new visitors to your facility.  On-water experiences, training opportunities, speakers, environmental demonstrations, fishing derbies and waterfront picnics are just a few of the activities that marinas have offered the public in celebration of National Marina Day.   

Please register your event online at http://www.nationalmarinaday.org/about/register/

ADVERTISING

NMTA’s Grow Boating Committee has provided funding for two National Marina Day ads in the June issue of Northwest Yachting Magazine and 48 Degrees North.  These ads will direct readers to a list of National Marina Day events on the Seattle Boat Show website.  If you would like your National Marina Day event to be including these ads and listed on the website, please email Katie McPhail at katiemc@nmta.net by Friday, May 1, 2015

Questions? contact Katie McPhail at (206) 634-0911 or by e-mail katiemc@nmta.net

Free Webinar for NMTA Members - April 22

FREE WEBINAR FOR NMTA MEMBERS

NMTA invites you to join us on Wednesday, April 22 from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. for a free informational webinar on how to leverage your website to improve operations and sales, presented by Jennifer Bagley. Jennifer is the CEO of CI Web Group, an international digital marketing and business strategy agency, and an accomplished international speaker.

Click Here to Register

If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Smith at (206) 634-0911 or by email at lisa@nmta.net.

NMTA Announces 2015 Grant Recipients

SEATTLE –  The Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $17,300 to eight boating programs in the Northwest as part of the association’s Grow Boating Grant Program. The program exists to assist non-profit groups or organizations that help serve NMTA’s core purpose – increasing the number of boaters in the Northwest, and encouraging boaters to boat more often.

“We’re fortunate to have an abundance of great organizations in the Northwest that exist to get people out on the water and introduced to boating of all kinds,” said Brian Kaloper, Harbormaster, Elliott Bay Marina and NMTA’s Grow Boating Committee Chair. “And thanks to the NMTA’s industry-leading Grow Boating program, we are able to help many of them. In fact we received so many applications from worthy organizations that we increased the amount of available grant money for 2015 from $9,000 to $17,300.”

The 2015 grantees are:

• Center for Wooden Boats (Seattle) to help expand its Public Sail Program which provides free boat rides on Lake Union.
• Community Boating Center(Bellingham, Wash.) to purchase supplies for leadership training and navigation education at its summer youth camps.
• Lake Washington Rowing Club (Seattle) to help fund scholarships for its youth program and retrofit equipment.
• Olympia Yacht Club Foundation(Olympia, Wash.) for the purchase PFDs and spray tops and pants for their 11-week summer “Learn to Sail” program for youth.
• Puget Sound Anglers of LakeWashington to support adding a youth division to their annual Trout Derby in June.
• Sea Scouts Ship 926(Post Falls, Idaho) to support recruitment and program expenses for their newly-chartered program.
• Tacoma Youth Marine Center (Tacoma, Wash.) to help fund the 2015 “Sails & Trails” Summer Camp which introduces youth ages 11-15 to a wide variety of boating and boating skills.
• Whatcom Community Sailing (Bellingham, Wash.) to help establish Community Free Sailing Days in Bellingham and provide scholarships for kids to learn to sail or participate in racing programs.

Organizations interested in applying for a grant for 2016 can find the application online at:http://www.nmta.net/grow-boating/2794.asp. Applications are due by February 8, 2016.

NMTA Grow Boating Sponsorships Available

The NMTA Grow Boating program will accept applications for event sponsorships until the end of May 2015.  The Grow Boating Committee will review applications at their June meeting to consider sponsorship of events that increase participation in recreational boating and/or create new boaters.  The next opportunity for events to apply for sponsorship will be October 2015.  Application letters should be emailed to Karsten McIntosh, NMTA Marketing Coordinator, Karsten@nmta

For more information visit: http://www.nmta.net/grow-boating/2793.asp

NMTA Industry Meeting: Wed., April 8 - Coeur d'Alene, ID

When:                 

Wednesday, April 8 – 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Where:               

Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn

506 W Appleway Avenue

Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, 83814

What:                  

Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. for a casual reception to meet NMTA staff and volunteers (see below).  Beer, wine, soft drinks and light appetizers will be served.

Representing NMTA will be:

·         George Harris/President

·         Tony Floor/Dir. of Fishing Affairs

·         Karsten McIntosh/Dir. of Communications

·         Paul Nielsen (Hagadone Marine)/NMTA Board Member

·         Brian Kaloper (Elliott Bay Marina)/Grow Boating Committee Chair

·         Scott Keno/NMTA Health Trust

Agenda:               

1. Introductions
2. 2014 Washington Boat Sales Data
3. Boating & Fishing Legislative and Policy Updates
4. Discuss Grow Boating Strategies for Eastern Washington & North Idaho

·         Support existing fishing tournaments with cash sponsorships and PR efforts

·         Start spring or fall in water boat show/sale

·         Boating and fishing legislative advocate for Idaho

·         Public Relations campaign with local media to promote boating and fishing

·         Promote boating and fishing tourism for region

·         Other ideas

RSVP:                karsten@nmta.net // (206) 634-0911