There is a beautiful little beach in the middle of Schoonmaker Marina. On sunny summer days you see children and parents lying on the sand and splashing in the water, maybe even a few serious swimmers [Fig. 1]. But typically, several times a year you will find the beach empty...
Save the afternoon of Saturday, August 3 for Galilee Harbor’s annual Maritime Day. This is a free event for the entire family. Learn about wooden boat building from the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding, purchase fish & chips, drinks and homemade desserts, tour open boats, and hop aboard for a...
With the help of $3 million in state funds, the Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) established an innovative housing voucher program in 2023, allowing eight boaters previously living on the water to move into safe, secure housing on land. Others are participating in the program this year, all of which...
We don’t notice much of the life in the water around our floating homes because the individual organisms are too small. Diatoms fit that description; they range in size between 2 and 200 microns (0.002 to 0.2 mm). Anything 2 microns long, about 4 wavelengths of light, is well below...
After we published dates of April activities in Sausalito, two of the events have been postponed. City Wide Yard Sale Rescheduled to April 27 Due to April showers on the 13th, Sausalito’s annual City Wide Yard Sale will be held this Saturday, April 27th. The sale will feature more than...
Sausalito is shrugging off the winter blahs with a variety of go-to events this month. Here’s a collection of happenings designed to get us out and about: City Wide Yard Sale April 13. The City of Sausalito’s annual City Wide Yard Sale features more than 80 seller booths at the...
Last week Michael Konrad of South 40 Pier provided a primer on eel grass, a key component of the ecology of Richardson’s Bay. This week he examines threats to eel grass and what is being done about them. The damage that anchored boats can inflict on eelgrass is often mentioned...
Biochemist and marine biologist Michael Konrad of South 40 Pier sends along the following natural history of one of our most important neighbors, eelgrass: Life began in the ocean. Then continents generated by tectonic plate movements gradually became hospitable to life, and some living organisms migrated onto this new dry...
Living on the water means having animal neighbors that land residents infrequently see. The terns, gulls, egrets, herons, pelicans, and cormorants are familiar to us all, and if you live near deeper water, you may see seals. Schools of small fish swim in both shallow and deep water around our...
Following up on the popularity of float-in concerts, Shakespeare on the Water will present two floating performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on September 9 and 10. The show will feature a multi-generational cast, including students and classically trained actors. This abridged version of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy includes live music...