The purpose of the Northwestern Boating council is to serve the interest of and promote goodwill between boating organizations, and to represent all members in all phases of boating.

The primary mission of the Northwestern Boating Council is:

• Promote better and safer boating.
• Disseminate information between clubs.
• Watch over matters of marine and outdoor recreation, and legislation as to its effects on boat owners and boating clubs.
• In general, sustain and create friendships between boating clubs through friendly boating competition and interclub events.

Our History

The Northwestern Boating Council came into being in early 1959 at a Commodore's Ball held in the Tacoma Outboard Association Clubhouse in Tacoma. The idea was conceived by a group of then Commodores to organize a council of boat clubs to sustain a new type of friendship, which has developed into an exchange of invitations to various Commodore initiation dances. In the fall of 1959, a series of planning meetings were held, and as a result, the Northwestern Boating Council was established on December 30, 1959.