Friday evening, June 2, was a perfect kickoff to the new season of jazz and blues on the Sausalito waterfront at Gabrielson Park. This had to be the best opening night weather I’ve experienced in the more than 20 years I’ve been enjoying these free concerts. It was Commodore Marina’s...
South 40 dock rep Louise Simpson has agreed to take on the vital position of FHA Membership Chair. She and her husband Tom moved here in 2015. Interested in downsizing, they checked out a Zillow listing on A Dock, but also saw an open home on South 40 they preferred....
TO KEEP EVERYONE UP TO DATE ON WHAT THE FHA BOARD IS DOING, HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED OR DECIDED AT THE APRIL, 2017 BOARD MEETING: President Katherine Boschetto is meeting with a floating homes resident who is a marketing person to review and revise the website text and other marketing materials. After...
A recent global cyberattack—malicious ransomware, appropriately named WannaCry—was aimed initially and primarily at the big players: universities, hospitals and multi-national companies. Rather than wait for the other shoe to drop—in the form of second-wave copycats wanting to get in on the action—the more responsible citizens among us are treating these global cyberattacks as a...
Get Ready FHA Dock Meetings—here’s a chance for you to learn more about how to survive an emergency in Southern Marin, and to get a great deal on an emergency backpack full of enough materials to support 2 people for 3 days. These Emergency Preparedness Survival Back Packs—with food, water,...
A powerful storm with strong winds from an unusual direction spelled misfortune for two floating homes on Thursday, April 6. Overnight, at more than a five-foot tide, #62 Issaquah began taking on water and listing northward toward its neighbor. And Dianne Moyer awoke to three feet of water and the sinking of her...
The latest Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training began Saturday, April 1. Part II—including drills on Kappas East and West Piers—will take place this Saturday afternoon, April 8. Emergency Preparedness Chair Flo Hoylman invites everyone who wants to learn about using fire hoses to come to East Pier at 1:15 p.m.
Emergency Preparedness made easy The FHA can purchase Emergency Preparedness Survival Back Packs at a great discount, and make them available to members at $10 below the Association’s cost. Three-day Emergency Survival Packs for two, with food, water, first aid, flashlight, emergency blanket and sleeping bag that retail for $125...
The April 1 and 8 CERT training is now fully enrolled, but Emergency Preparedness chair Flo Hoylman promises to accommodate anyone wishing to go on the wait list. To add your name, please email Flo at flohoy@gmail.com. Practice sessions on Saturday April 8 will take place on East and...
The next Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training in Southern Marin is scheduled for April 1 and April 8. Several floating homes folks have already signed up, and if we get 15 more, we’ll be able to hold emergency simulations on our docks. As in the past, the FHA will...