It's up for sale. Would you? Could you? I've always been partial to the idea of living on a houseboat or at least having one for vacations.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 17, 2020 4:40 PM |
I like very much. It sounds like a steal for Sausilito. The marina/docking fees must be a small fortune.
The children's book author, R1.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 6, 2020 2:29 PM |
He’s a historical figure.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 6, 2020 2:30 PM |
He also wrote country music hits, such as "A Boy Named Sue."
I like it, but I think if you're going to be Bohemian everything should be cheaper. $800K for the boat, plus docking fees? No, thanks.
Same principle applies to living in a trailer in Malibu. Looking at you, Jim Rockford.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 6, 2020 2:32 PM |
I suppose someone will ask who’s Garth Williams, next??
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 6, 2020 2:32 PM |
No, I couldn't. That's too much money for that monstrosity. The price is nearly as much as the cost of our house and a houseboat doesn't hold value. It is going to depreciate. Boats are fun but can be a pain in the ass especially during the off season. My employer, an automobile dealership, allows me to keep our boat behind the used cars during the off season and that is the only thing that enables us to have one. If I wanted one for vacations only, I think I would look into renting one.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 6, 2020 2:36 PM |
I don't even have to look inside to see that that thing is not fit for purpose either as a house, or a boat.
It looks like it's one sea breeze away from being six foot under (water).
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 6, 2020 2:58 PM |
won't exposure to water eventually corrode the hull of the ship. and the smell of docks is pretty nauseating from what I recall. looks hard to escape if something should happen too. no thanks!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 6, 2020 3:41 PM |
Ugh. I could think of far better homes to spend a cool million on .
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 6, 2020 3:41 PM |
I loved Shel Silverstein's books when I was a kid. I knew he was 'quirky' but that houseboat is a disaster waiting to happen.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 6, 2020 4:22 PM |
It looks dirty on the inside.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 6, 2020 4:27 PM |
I like it, but don’t think it’s worth the price.
And there are so many chairs in it. Every available space is filled with... seating. Why?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 6, 2020 4:38 PM |
It’s basically a NYC apartment shoehorned into a shanty boat.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 6, 2020 4:41 PM |
Does that price include a place to berth it?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 6, 2020 5:01 PM |
Belongs on a mini golf course.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 6, 2020 5:32 PM |
I love Sausalito but most of the areas around the houseboats are muddy and nasty parts of the year. I almost bought a condo in the hills above the area where most of the houseboats are but the mud was a turnoff (looking to the right was GORGEOUS, though!). I'm saving up for this one.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 6, 2020 6:20 PM |
Shel's recording of "A Boy Named Sue."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 6, 2020 6:22 PM |
[quote]It looks dirty on the inside.
Just like Uncle Shelby!
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 6, 2020 6:58 PM |
Shel Silverstein, ripped to shreds by Georgia and Karen...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 6, 2020 7:36 PM |
Sorry r18, that thing in front of it ruins it.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 6, 2020 8:55 PM |
[quote] Not dirty. Dingy.
Good point. I wouldn't want to walk around in it without my shoes on, though.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 6, 2020 9:07 PM |
hopefully there are no cracks in the foundation.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 6, 2020 9:11 PM |
No, couldn't do it. I hate boats and yachts and sailing and Marina's and boaters and boat shoes and wide wale corduroy pants with embroidered spouting whales in them.
This one is dumpy. I expect Patti Smith to step out of the galley, her long locks heady with the stink of skunk weed and fermenting mung beans, left too long in a wet paper towel on the window sill.
I hate low ceilings and ugly built in furniture. I hate the churn of the sea, even the slow rocking chug, chug of a docked boat.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 6, 2020 9:45 PM |
[quote]Not dirty. Dingy.
R16 Oh, what a groaner! Very clever.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 6, 2020 9:55 PM |
It looks like a nightmare to live in, to maintain, and to sell. Good luck realtors!
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | May 6, 2020 10:14 PM |
Do Realtors sell houseboats? It's not real estate.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 6, 2020 10:34 PM |
I read a biography on him and he was kind of gross. Hung around the Playboy mansion in Chicago and was an asshole to his kid the few times he saw her
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 6, 2020 11:03 PM |
Okay, I'm one of the few people alive who could be perfectly happy living in a houseboat of that size, I'm considering a Tiny House that would be smaller. And I like Silverstein, and I like Sausalito.
But I fucking HATE what's been done to that boat! All the super-modern gray and white plastic surfaces, on a boat that started out as a bohemian retreat and still has touches of the hippie era visible? Horrible schizophrenic décor, and then there's the fact that the boat itself was apparently built in WWII, which makes it at least 80 years old. It'll probably dissolve or sink some winter soon.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 6, 2020 11:18 PM |
does all the excrement get dumped in the water? so all those boats do the same thing? errr....
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 6, 2020 11:25 PM |
[quote] does all the excrement get dumped in the water?
they save it for the community garden compost pile, Rose.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 6, 2020 11:27 PM |
R33 Ok ok, I didn't know.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | May 6, 2020 11:29 PM |
R33 / R34 ARE YOU SERIOUS??
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | May 6, 2020 11:31 PM |
r35 absolutely not. my buddy had a small sailboat and its toilet had a removable collection tank with a handle on top. after each trip he’d have to dump it into a sewage pipe at the marina.
i do suppose the excrement of all those sausalito vegans would be useful as plant fertilizer, though.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | May 6, 2020 11:38 PM |
People on Sausalito have servants to dump their shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | May 6, 2020 11:40 PM |
I am surprised no one has mentioned Shel Silverstein's "The Father of a Boy Named Sue."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 38 | May 6, 2020 11:47 PM |
Google is your frien R1 How sad you don't know.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 6, 2020 11:54 PM |
[quote] Google is your frien [R1] How sad you don't know.
Now now, not everyone knows who Shel Silverstein is. r1 could be a retard or a European.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | May 6, 2020 11:56 PM |
R38 - I'm sure you like feeling special and original, but R4 beat you to it long ago.
[quote]He also wrote country music hits, such as "A Boy Named Sue."
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | May 7, 2020 12:00 AM |
r42: look at r38 again and OH DEAR yourself.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 7, 2020 12:03 AM |
[quote][R1] could be a retard or a European.
Or both.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | May 7, 2020 1:18 AM |
Shel Silverstein introducing Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show on his houseboat. Illegal substances abound.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 45 | May 17, 2020 4:33 PM |
And, Shel singing (badly in his inimitable way) a very touching version of "Daddy, What If" on the Johnny Cash Show. Get out the hankies!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 46 | May 17, 2020 4:36 PM |
Did we figure out if he was a guest on Sesame Street or Electric Company in the 70's?
I swear I remember seeing this as a little kid. I looked and looked online but nothing turned up. Plus thats the kind of thing that could fall through the cracks of the internet.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 17, 2020 4:40 PM |
