[masterslider alias=”ms-14-1-6-7″] King Neptune was smiling down on Sausalito April 1 for the launch of the tall ship Matthew Turner in perfect sunny weather. After years of planning and thousands of volunteer hours, this labor of love reached a major milestone when the 100-foot hull got her first taste of...
[masterslider alias=”ms-14-1-6-6″] The Marin Audubon Invasive Sea Lavender Removal Project welcomes volunteers. To RSVP for a Sunday work session, please email Jude Stalker. You will receive notice of the date and location of any upcoming work sessions. All gloves, tools, supplies, snacks and instruction will be provided. This is the story of a plant...
Congratulations are in order. The news is just in that the Charles Van Damme Ferry Project has received approval from the BCDC (San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission) for the project’s addition to the new Waldo Point Harbor (WPH) public pier and park. This is the last in a long chain...
We have eight homes lined up for the September 30 FHA Tour, and two tickets have already been sold. We plan to open a total of 15 homes on East and West Piers, A Dock, Issaquah, and Yellow Ferry. When we first set the tour date, the Tour Committee set three...
[masterslider alias=”ms-14-1-6-4″] 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...
After 15 years of hard work and zealous fundraising, the tall ship Matthew Turner will be launched on April 1 (no, this is not a joke). The square-rigger is a modernized version of the Galilee, the fastest and finest West Coast brigantine of the late 1800s, which was built...
Breaking out the moves for the 2016 Floating Homes Tour were the Beyondo Boot Scooters – country and funk line dancing—(tune by Zac Brown Band: Homegrown)—led by Annemarie Estess and Caroline Hall of South 40—as captured by Ed Lopez. Over on the Kappas Green, Ed recorded the Piper Park Pickers—a bluegrass...
[masterslider alias=”ms-14-1-5″] A few volunteer spots are still open for our 9/24 Tour – primarily traffic, ramp monitors and alternates. Each volunteer receives a special pass to visit any and all homes on the Tour plus a free commemorative t-shirt with the Floating Homes Association illustration (the logo at...
[masterslider alias=”ms-14-8-2″] Among the WPH works-in-progress—(see the recent post: Waldo Point Project Update)—is the development of the Waldo Point Park, at Gate 6 Road. Nestled into the elbow where Issaquah joins the area adjacent the newly constructed Charles Van Damme floating pier—(the area that was the COOP)—the park will contain an...
Teddie and Brad Hathaway are holding a Sausalito Village Living Room Chat at their home on East Pier: this Sunday afternoon, August 7, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Sausalito Village is a non-profit organization founded by a small group of volunteers who wanted to build a community of friendship and support among Sausalito’s older...