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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Click on the image above to view video On Sunday evening, September 10, a scrawny coyote got up on the end of Gate 6 ½ Dock and was spotted by Natalie Towle. The young, injured animal limped down the dock to the opening between berths #12 and #10, then scooted...
We recently posted a firsthand dispatch from West Maui by former Gate 6 ½ resident Robb Petty. Robb, a retired emergency room doctor, and his wife Jane returned there just days after the devastating fire, when they learned their home near Lahaina had been spared. Since then, they’ve had limited...
The water-borne bay cleanup on August 20 netted over 100 pounds of trash, including a bug-infested cushion, two chairs, a fishing pole, a lighter, a soccer ball, beer cans, water bottles, netting, plastic bucket, and a life preserver. Thanks to Oscar Melet and his family for hosting this event from...
Robb and Jane Petty were neighbors on Gate 6 ½ until last year, when they bought their dream home in West Maui. Last week they were back on the dock, preparing their floating home for sale, when the wildfires struck the island. Learning that their Maui home had been spared,...
Gate 6 ½ teenager Oscar Melet is hosting his third annual Richardson Bay cleanup on Sunday, August 20 from noon to 2:00 PM. This is a water-borne cleanup, so to participate, come to the north side of Gate 6 ½ on a kayak, paddle board or boat. Oscar and his...