Plastiki completes Ocean crossing
Made with 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, the eco-Sailboat reached Australia after a four-month voyage to highlight recycling and marine litter.
Flotels House Oil Cleanup Workers
The "flotels" that will house oil cleanup workers in Louisiana are barges piled high with pods that look like shipping containers.
Issaquah Art
It was a gorgeous, artful day on Issaquah Dock in Sausalito, CA as local artists showed off their stuff.
Sausalito: Revolution meets Evolution
In the early 70's days Tony Williams paid $75 a month for a slip for his liveaboard at Kappas Marina, on a dock that included pleasure craft, sailboats, and fishermen. Come Sunday night the wonderous aroma of BBQ'd salmon cooking right on the dock filled the air. Everybody was invited. In those days, Joe Tate lived rent free on a series of floating homes and boats
Rising With the Seas
What to do if your country is a group of islands that is likely to be inundated by rising sea levels? That's the problem facing the 400,000 residents of the Maldives, a chain of 1200 low-lying islets in the Indian Ocean. None of them rise more than about six feet above sea level, leaving inhabitants subject to the dangers of rising sea levels and storm
Barging It In Paris
What can be more romantic than living in the center of Paris, just a stones throw from Notre Dame and the Bastille, on an old barge that has been transformed into an elegant houseboat
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Not Quite Out of Africa Rooted in the deep soil of Africa, Gabrielle Moore-Gordon paints unflinching portraits of life in her native Zimbabwe... More |
Dutch Treat Larry Clinton compares renting a vacation houseboat in Amsterdam with life on his own floating home on the Sausalito waterfro... More |
Dining Undersea Dining at the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant in the Maldives is like eating in an Aquarium... More |
Down the Napo by Bici-Boat Hervé Neukomm is probably the first person ever to pedal his way down the Amazon River on a bicycle. Mounting his mountain touring bike onto a boat, he propelled the craft do... More |
Financing Now Available for Seattle Houseboats Seattle has finally got financing for houseboats in rental marinas such as Seattle Marina and Commercial Marina.... More |
Cruising the Jungles of the Amazon An Amazon River cruise is a spectacular way to explore the rainforest and waterways of the headwaters region surrounding Iquitos, Peru, where multiple rivers come together to form the Amazon.... More |
Exploring life afloat around the world
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Varda: Life As Art If Varda came, it was a party, and the masques, rituals, dances, performances, puppet shows, plays always made it a celebration of this intensely benign old presence... More |
Chinese look at Sausalito Housesboats Facing a 5,000-acre wetland project, Chinese architects look at Sausalito Houseboats Community as a Model.... More |
That Cat Joe Tate Joe Tate surfaced on the waterfront in the late 60's as the leader of the Redlegs - an iconic “pirate rock n' roll band” formed at Waldo Point that played for wa... More |
Issaquah Art It was a gorgeous, artful day on Issaquah Dock in Sausalito, CA as local artists showed off their stuff.... More |
Waterfront Elder Larry Moyer is 'The father of the waterfront,” according to Krystal Pistol, who grew up in the Sausalito houseboat community in the 70's. “He married half of my neighborhood to each oth... More |
Instigating Art Artists of Issaquah founder Jim Woesnner likes to explore new directions, and says attitude is more important than craft.... More |
Redlegs Boogie The Sausalito Waterfront's infamous Redlegs staged a rocking reunion party at the Sausalito Cruising Club with all five of the original band members.... More |
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Printing Money Landscape photographer Ric Miller shoots panoramic vistas, and helped heal divisions on the Sausalito Waterfront.... More |
Not Quite Out of AfricaRooted in the deep soil of Africa, Gabrielle Moore-Gordon paints unflinching portraits of life in her native Zimbabwe... More |
Sausalito Gallery The 400 houseboats and floating homes spread along the five Marinas on Richardson Bay range from sumptuous to deliberately funky and outrageo... More |
Richardson Bay Richardson Bay offers a large anchorage just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California. Most of the Sausalito houseboat colony is located in the Gates and Marinas ... More |
Houseboat Wars The free-spirited architecture of the famed Sausalito houseboat colony owes it all to the funky folks who settled on the waterfront in the 50's and 60's when it was still ... More |
Living Off the Grid Kusuru Halisi, 56 and a native of San Francisco, came to live on Richardson Bay the same year as the Loma Prieta earthquake, 1989. An electrician by trade and astronomy an... More |
The Gates Co-op The pirates of Richardson Bay What happens when Marin's infamous band of dockside squatters is forced to go legit. Jaimal Yogis —The way the fog ebbs over the Marin Headlands. The way the ... More |
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Dutch TreatLarry Clinton compares renting a vacation houseboat in Amsterdam with life on his own floating home on the Sausalito waterfro... More |
Fishermen leave houseboats for land More than 500 Vietnamese households who lived on houseboats around central Hue City have stepped ashore to live on dry land as part of a government-backed resettlement project... More |
Dining UnderseaDining at the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant in the Maldives is like eating in an Aquarium... More |
La Dolce Vita Anfibia Giancarlo Zema's innovative designs for living spaces that extend beneath the surface of the ocean are attracting attention around the world.... More |
Cruising the Jungles of the AmazonAn Amazon River cruise is a spectacular way to explore the rainforest and waterways of the headwaters region surrounding Iquitos, Peru, where multiple rivers come together to form the Amazon.... More |
Down the Napo by Bici-BoatHervé Neukomm is probably the first person ever to pedal his way down the Amazon River on a bicycle. Mounting his mountain touring bike onto a boat, he propelled the craft do... More |
Music On the Thames David Gilmour, lead guitarist for Pink Floyd, records his music aboard his 90-foot houseboat recording studio on the River Thames.... More |
Barging It In Paris What can be more romantic than living in the center of Paris, just a stones throw from Notre Dame and the Bastille, on an old barge that has been transformed into an ... More |
Cruise the Vineyards of France French wine country tours are unlike anywhere else in the world. Not only is the wine and food delicious, the vineyards are picturesque and often set against stunning chateaus or striking... More |
Houseboats in London Plush pads for wealthy bohemians or a roof and four walls for desperate first-time buyers? Read this guide to buying a floating home in the heart of London.... More |
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Floating Fig Trees Gardening on a floating houseboat just means you have to get a little more creative and find the best variety of plant... More |
Underwater Flying The Deep Flight Super Falcon can take passengers 1000 ft. below sea level to swim with the fish.... More |
Rising With the Seas What to do if your country is a group of islands that is likely to be inundated by rising sea levels? ... More |
Hot Water and Air From A Cold Ocean The UFO houseboat uses the solar energy stored in the sea for both floor heating and warm water.... More |
A Floating Island Spa Studio Noach's eco-friendly island spa is buried in a man-made mountain covered with lush greenery that floats on a lake near Ams... More |
Noah's Children When it comes to nature, it may be a better attitude to ‘go with the flow’ than to fight it. That’s w... More |
Pebbles and Waves Inspired by the natural flora and fauna of the California coast, the Tafoni home gets it name from tafoni, naturally occurrin... More |
Silverfish Schwimmhaus Confused-Directions is the name of the German design firm behind this slanted-wall floating home... More |
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Flotels House Oil Cleanup Workers The "flotels" that will house oil cleanup workers in Louisiana are barges piled high with pods that look like shipping containe... More |
Financing Now Available for Seattle HouseboatsSeattle has finally got financing for houseboats in rental marinas such as Seattle Marina and Commercial Marina.... More |
Portland River House People are drawn to the water for many reasons. The dramatic and ever-changing scenery —sunrise and sunsets and the sparkle of the moon reflected on its surface, the variety of wildlife it attracts. The ebb and flow and rise and fall, a ... More |
Sales strong for Seattle HouseboatsWe had an early glimpse of Spring with the past few weeks of warm weather, and the feeling has created an early push in the waterfront real estate market... More |
Seattle Houseboat Gardens Some of the solutions for gardening in a small space are pretty phenomenal, too. Floating tires, roof tops, window boxes, separate dock gardens, dingy gardens, and more.... More |
Sausalito: Revolution meets Evolution Rehabilitated tug boats, landing craft and old ferries lie stylishly docked next to tricked out floating homes that echo the free- spirited lifestyle of the waterfront before the Houseboat Wars re-shaped the waterfro... More |
How our houseboat endured the St. Patrick's Day flood of 1936 Riding out the Great Flood on a houseboat tied to the trees.... More |
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Cruise News Cruising the Danube River, Part 1: Budapest & Bratisla... More |
Houseboat Art Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong has made a tiny houseboat with air conditioning and a golf t... More |