Article with some back-story on how the floating homes culture developed in the Bay -
https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/What-it-s-like-living-on-a-Sausalito-houseboat-10326629.php
… and another on how wild things got there in the 60’s/70’s. IIRC Shel Silverstein was among those boat dwellers in that era, must have been quite an interesting scene.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/The-pirates-of-Sausalito-17160156.php
(huh - Onebox and sfgate’s server don’t seem to get along)