25th Annual Sausalito Floating
Homes Tour on September 25 , 2010
Sausalito, Ca –
Sausalito’s colorful floating homes community will open its doors to
visitors on Saturday, September 25th from 11am to 4pm.
The self-guided tour takes visitors inside 19 of the most fun and unique
homes in the world. Docents will also be on-board to describe the
incredible waterfront lifestyle and answer questions.
Many of the homes on this year's tour have never been open to the public
before and the
chance to take this historical tour down these water streets is not to be
missed. Each home is an architectural masterpiece. One of the featured
homes is the ”Ameer", which has a rich history: originally built in 1910 as
an ark; renovated a couple of times, but has kept its classic ark
features;and is the last ark still floating on Richardson’s Bay
The tour begins at Kappas Marina, on Gate 6
Road off Bridgeway at the northern end of
Sausalito, just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The Green
at Kappas
Marina is the center for food and fun throughout the day. There will be
free entertainment, featuring local musicians, including Joe Tate, Lauralee
Brown, and Colby Millea, so you will be able to watch and hear a variety of
highly talented artists. Plus, food and drinks will be available for
purchase.
And this year, the Kappas Green will be more festive than ever with an
outstanding free Art Show and Sale, featuring work by several artists--all
residents of the floating homes community. Their wide variety of work will
be available for viewing and purchase and will include paintings, sculpture,
photographs, drawings, etc.
Past tours have attracted over 1,000
visitors from around the country. Advance tickets are
recommended ($35 per person) as the tour regularly sells out. Purchase
tickets online via our Web site at
www.floatinghomes.org. Tickets on Tour day
will be $40. And, ticket sales will partially benefit the Friends of the
Marin City Library and other non-profits.
The Floating Homes Tour is sponsored by the Floating Homes Association,
which is a non-
profit volunteer organization representing the owners and residents of
floating homes within five Sausalito marinas.
Additional information may be requested by calling 415-332-1916. “Virtual”
versions of past tours, complete with color photos, can be viewed on the
Internet at
www.floatinghomes.org.
The Sausalito Floating Homes Association has established a -
Members directory of Business & Services.
ANNUAL FLOATING ART SHOW IN SAUSALITO
Yes, art floats at this fun Sausalito event on the water. The next show will
be on Saturday, April 24, 2010, Sausalito’s colorful floating homes
community will present the eighth annual Artists of Issaquah free
exhibition. Guests will view and purchase a wide variety of outstanding art
while aboard some of these unique, world-famous water homes.
Resident artists from Issaquah Dockwill again be joined by those from
Liberty, South Forty, Gate 61/2, West Kappas and A Docks. They will offer at
attractive prices: paintings, photographs, sculpture, jewelry, mixed media
art and turned exotic wood bowls.
The large Sausalito floating homes community boasts a rich heritage of
creative expression and this exciting event maintains this valuable
tradition.
For more information please review the content of this website or contact
Richard Mickley: 415 332-4135 or richmick@comcast.net
How to get there: From north or south, take the Sausalito/Marin City exit
from Highway 101, go east at Bridgeway, into the Waldo Point Harbor parking
lot; park anywhere; take the Issaquah Dock entry bridge; look for the marked
“gallery houseboats”.
Visit the
"Artists
of Issaquah"
web site, which is the Artist Community within the
Sausalito House Boat Community." for more details about their annual
event. We invite you to take a
Photo Tour of a recent event and of a few
of the exhibiting Houseboat Art Galleries.
Sausalito
Art Galleries - House Boats