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Sausalito House Boat Community 


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.




 

 

 

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