Shireman Chairs Private Tour Committee

Long-time Gate 6 ½ resident Lewis Shireman has stepped up to lead the Private Tour Committee. The committee organizes guided tours tailored for small groups providing them an opportunity to explore the docks and peek inside some homes. They have long been a major fundraiser for the Floating Homes Association....

Gate 6 ½ Gets Gussied Up

With a little help from the Floating Homes Association, residents of Gate 6 ½ did some spring sprucing earlier this month. Lori Bergeron, Felicity Gordon, Blaise Simpson, Patti Bott and Jung Vu joined forces to sand the rust off wrought iron chairs at the end of the dock and repaint...

Sausalito’s Home-Baked Pies

Gate 6 ½ alums Kate and Dennis Green are the subjects of a charming profile by NBC Bay Area. The Greens moved to shore in Sausalito a few years ago, and Dennis opened a unique boutique called Karl the Store (think of Karl the Fog in San Francisco). The shop,...

Gate 6 ½-er In the News

In his recent report on Fleet Week activities, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Carl Nolte noted that Fleet Week “is a big deal for the Naval Sea Cadets, a youth organization sponsored by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard designed to get young people interested in the sea services, including the...

Test Your Floating Homes IQ

Joe Novitski, chair of the Floating Homes Association’s Legislative Action Committee has crafted a series of quizzes to help you test your knowledge of your rights has a floating homeowner. We’ll be running one a week for the next few weeks. Here’s multiple choice question number one: You’re selling your...

Stormwater Plan Overlooks Floating Homes

In early March, the Marin County Flood Control & Water Conservation District held a community meeting to discuss Marin City Stormwater Plan Project concepts. The focus of the meeting was to get community input on ways to decrease flooding in and around Marin City, but residents of Gate 6 ½ attended...

Marin City Stormwater Meeting Mar 9

The organizers of the Marin City Stormwater Plan are hosting a Community Meeting on Saturday March 9 to go over concepts being studied as part of developing a community led Stormwater Plan. Some of the concepts involve proposed drainage features near Gate 6 and Gate 6 ½. The meeting will...

Meet Commodore Patti Bott

Long-time Gate 6 ½ resident Patti Bott has been elected Commodore of the Sausalito Yacht Club. Patti rose through the ranks at the 82-year old club, serving as a flag officer after stints on the Race Committee and on the board of the Sausalito Youth Sailing Foundation for several years,...

Kappas Repaves Gate 6 ½ Lot

  In recent years, the Gate 6 ½ parking lot has flooded in even minimally high tides. But on Wednesday October 11, Kappas Marina began repaving and raising most of the lot. For two days, residents had to vacate the lot except for the turning circle at the end of...