Sausalito Wooden Boat Tour February 21, 2009

HISTORIC "INSIDER" WALKING TOUR OF SAUSALITO WATERFRONT
Led by local artist and author, Victoria Colella who wrote the Sausalito Wooden Boat Tour guide book in 2003.

NORTHERN TOUR
Herein lies the soul of old Sausalito. You will see the original houseboat and floating home communities, two historic ferry boats, art studios, wooden boat building shops and working boatyards. You will hear tales of the Beat Era, Houseboat Wars, famous artists and the building of the Libertyships. We will visit the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center and Arques School of Traditional Boat Building with their collection of traditional wooden boats, considered to be floating works of art. We also encounter an eclectic collection of older wooden boats including an infamous tugboat called the Go Getter. This tour ends with tea and cookies at the boat lettering shack next to the WWII shipways.

Official Website: http://www.sausalitowoodenboattour.com