The mark consists of a compass in gold, blue, red, white and black. The interior of the compass is gold and the outer ring of the compass consists of alternating bands of red, followed by white, followed by blue all outlined in black. The large compass points are black and white, the medium points are blue and white and the small points are red and white. The center of the compass contains the letters "CR" in black on a white background. The letter "N" appears in black above the compass and the words "Compass Rose" appear in black below the compass, followed by the words "Boat Club" in red and "Chicago River-South Branch" in black.