Here's some photos from Sausalito's famous yellow ferry, which few get to see inside.
Briefly, here's how I got to see the extraordinary interior.
Some influential architects (below) came to Sausalito from China recently to study the community’s distinctive houseboats and floating homes. They’ll use Sausalito as a model for a huge waterfront development in Shandong, China. I wrote about their visit for Marinscope Newspapers (click here to see it) and then we gave the site Buoyant Life permission to publish it.
Their elaborate visit to Sausalito (unfortunately the sea plane tour was cancelled due to weather) included a stop at the Yellow Ferry Dock, where they met with the dock owner Chris Tellis, inside his historic yellow ferry, the S.S. City of Seattle.
The yellow ferry is one of the oldest houseboats in Sausalito — originally built in 1888, it was the first ferry boat in the Puget Sound. Tellis has done some amazing work on the boat, which he lives on (it’s divided up for different family members).
Tellis spoke to the architects about the history of Sausalito houseboats. He has designed quite a few, including the area's first green houseboat, and has big plans for the dock he owns and operates. If the architects get the gig they want in China, they will use Tellis as a consultant.
Now here's some photos of the ferry interior:
(The above right photo shows a couch swing. Sweet idea for a home on the water.)
The decor in the ferry is bohemian and inviting, but the half with lots of books and bookshelves was the coziest.
Chris Tellis (left) gives his presentation to the architects from China.
One of the newest parts of the ferry, a sunroom with a view of Mount Tamalpais.
The living spaces make excellent use of large window and doors that open to decks.
My favorite feature is below. Chris Tellis put a motor on this dock, equipped with a sound system and heaters. He hosts dinner parties on the small dock, driving it to the middle of the bay.
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