houseboaters

The new rules would split the length of the river into six zones; every 14 days owners would have to move zones to avoid daily charges that could increase to £7,000 the cost of staying very close to one part of the river In shadow of Olympics, houseboaters fear they are being 'socially cleansed', 10 March, page 3.

Corrections and clarifications 2011

We would need to address these issues with or without the Olympics In shadow of Olympics, houseboaters fear they are being socially cleansed, 10 March.

Letters: Tales from the Olympic towpath 2011

If the lake doesn't rise to fill the Cut by June 15, the resort will give houseboaters a free day on the lake and a $200 fuel credit to those who return their boats after June 15.

Make Mother's Day 2008

He valiantly slew the snake, the whole six inches of it, and hastening forward found those more progressive houseboaters safely ensconced in the shore-boat.

Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins

But now the houseboaters upon Gadabout were becoming fearful lest Dame

Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins

In the absorbing process of putting space between the bull and the houseboaters, the restlessness of the Commodore's knees was really an advantage.

Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins

As the city pondered other limits, houseboaters on Lake Union and Portage Bay grew increasingly nervous that they would be "regulated off the lake."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By VANESSA HO / SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF 2011

A bill pending in the Legislature would exempt Seattle houseboats from state shoreline regulations and give houseboaters more rights when leasing state-owned land.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By VANESSA HO / SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF 2011

This week, the city of Seattle released its latest proposed shoreline rules, which turned out not to be the draconian regulations houseboaters had feared.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By VANESSA HO / SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF 2011

In the 1970s, the Van Damme became the social and cultural hub for the freewheeling houseboaters and anchor-outs, who were then fighting a battle against Marin County authorities in what became known as "The Richardson Bay Houseboat Wars."

a photo a day - photos by Donald Kinney 2010