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Self-Guided Tour

Historic Sausalito Wooden Boat Tour Guide Book

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This popular guide book educates and delights locals and visitors alike.
The mysteries and treasures of the entire Sausalito waterfront are revealed through the eyes of Sausalito artist, sign maker and author, Victoria Colella.

Wooden boats and historic vessels lead the way!

Full color illustrations and maps.
 

Learn About:

  • Historic House Boat & Floating Home Communities

  • Spaulding Wooden Boat Center

  • Arques School of Traditional Boat Building

  • Small Wooden Boat Building Shops

  • Tall Ship Matthew Turner

  • Classic Motor Yachts & Sailing Vessels

  • Historic Old Town Sausalito

  • World War II Shipyards and Launch Ways

  • Renowned Sausalito Art Studios

*The book includes 94 pages of color photos, illustrations, directions and maps.

Paul Dulcos,

Bay Crossings
Modernism and Mod Boat Culture

"Victoria Colella, a remarkable artist, cultural guide and author, has just released the third edition of her engaging book, The Sausalito Wooden Boat Tour. Now available in limited edition, it contains nearly 100 pages of color photos and illustrative works done in Colella’s own studio.

While this slender volume serves as a splendid guide to this quirky harbor community, it also contains substantial scholarship and information missing from more sober historical accounts..."

The late Phil Frank,

Sausalito Historian

"This book is a much-needed guide to our waterfront treasures. Sausalito has a rich boatbuilding heritage. This guide will enhance any visitor's understanding of that heritage."

Sausalito Chamber of Commerce

" .. Sausalito’s rich maritime history is most definitely alive on its waterfront. In fact, a good part of this historical litany has recently been captured in a new book entitled the Sausalito Wooden Boat Tour, which was written, illustrated and photographed by Victoria Colella.  This new book, with its captivating stories and pictures, serves as a great guidebook, a unique gift and memorable keepsake...."

The late Charlie Merrill,

Founder Richardson's Bay Maritime Association

"As a lifetime sailor on San Francisco Bay, a sixty-two resident of Sausalito, and a lover of wooden boats, I want to congratulate Victoria! You have really produced a book that every visitor and boat lover should buy."

More praise for the guide book!

Marin Independant Journal reports in 3 page color spread about Sausalito: A Mecca of Wooden Boats...more...

Marin Scope reports front page article: Phantom Boat Tour spawns guide to waterfront traditions..more...

Latitude 38 "Page Turners '03 reports .."we learned alot and thoroughly enjoyed this delightful little book"

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