Jack Schwaner Passes Away

Long time Co-op resident Jack Schwaner, known as Jack the Welder, recently succumbed to a heart attack. As the Dinghy Dame wrote about Jack in the Floating Times back in 2013: “Jack was born in a tiny town in west Nebraska on the Wyoming border. He led a pretty sheltered...

The Spit – Gardening on the Edge

GARDENING ON THE SPIT—I guess I should start by saying the Hunter Clan has always loved gardening. My own love of gardening is constrained by living on a dock—Issaquah—where I’m limited to container gardening. There are only so many potted plants one can have, even when neighbors give up valuable...

The Bird Photographs of Richard Pavek

Special Event The Bird Photographs of Richard Pavek Friday, January 27 7:00 p.m. inside the Sausalito Library Using the big screen in the Library, Sausalito resident Richard Pavek [Yellow Ferry] will present a selection of his beautiful photographs of birds from around the world, some in flight others perched. He...

Ferry Tales Fundraiser – November 6

The Sausalito Historical Society invites you to attend their annual fundraiser: SAUSALITO FERRY TALES WHEN: Sunday, November 6  WHERE: The Lighthouse Grill at Harbor Point, 475 East Strawberry Drive, Mill Valley WHAT TIME: The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. A three-course dinner with wines begins at 6:30 p.m. DRESS: Cocktail...

The Early Days of Kappas and WPH

Long-time waterfront resident T.J. Nelsen has written a very personal memoir of Sausalito’s Gate 6 community: Houseboats, Drugs, Government and the 4th Estate. Nelsen discovered the Sausalito waterfront in the early ’60s, and soon moved to Don Arques’ property at Waldo Point, where he worked at various odd jobs. In 1969...