Trawler

Sausalito Marina
2025

View of a boat docked at a marina seen through a doorway with wooden framing, showing outdoor seating with cushions, shoes on the deck, and a yellow cooler.

Photography Michael Clifford
Styling Lucy Bamman

A vintage yacht, restored over the course of a year and reimagined as something closer to a hotel suite on the water — a place to stay, to gather, to listen.

The work was painstaking before it was beautiful. Original teak stripped and restored, surface by surface. Fireclay tile laid throughout in partnership with local makers. The bones of the boat were worth saving; the year it took to find them proved it.

The interior of a wooden boat with a cozy living area, featuring patterned cushions, a small table with a bowl, and large windows showing a marina with boats outside.
A vintage backgammon game with black and pink checkers set up on a board, alongside decorative pillows on a checkered couch, and a small table with a metallic candle holder and a colorful ceramic bowl.
Interior of a wood-paneled room on a boat or ship, with a window showing a marina and water outside. Inside, there's a small wooden cabinet, a countertop with a chess set, various bottles, limes, and barware, and framed artwork on the wall. A checkered curtain covers a lower cabinet, and a yellow jacket with a maroon piece hangs to the right.
A wooden built-in cabinet with a stack of books, a potted plant, and decorative plates on the wall above. The books include titles like 'The Living JFK', 'Sophie Taeuber-Arp', 'Goode's World Atlas', and 'The Art of Chikuro'. The cabinet features louvered doors, and a lamp with a patterned shade is seen nearby.
A bedroom with a wooden headboard, patterned pillows, and a quilt with various designs. Two decorative plates with ship and lighthouse images are mounted on the wooden wall above a nightstand that holds a lamp with a patterned shade, small picture frames, and a tray with circular objects. A small green plant is partially visible in the top left corner.
A wooden vanity with a large wall mirror, two vintage rotary wall phones, a tray with hairbrushes, books, seashells, and a glass jewelry box, in front of a bed with a quilted bedspread in a bedroom with wooden paneling.
View of a cozy kitchen with wooden cabinets, a window with patterned curtains, a golden faucet at the sink, and a view of boats and water outside.
Wood-paneled interior with a window, two clocks, a wicker chair with a cushion, a wicker side table, and striped curtains.
Interior of a cozy room with wood-paneled walls and a curved seating area decorated with a colorful floral patterned fabric. There is a small round table in the center with a candle, a book, and a magazine. Above, a disco ball hangs from the ceiling, and there are small windows on the walls.
A cozy, vintage-style indoor seating area with a long floral-patterned sofa, a small round table with a red candle and an open magazine, green cushions, a colorful zigzag patterned rug, wooden walls, a window, a framed artwork, a vase of purple flowers, and a disco ball hanging from the ceiling.
Interior of a wooden boat cabin with a built-in bed, window, and wooden flooring.
View of an outdoor lounge area on a boat or dock, featuring cushioned seating with patterned pillows, a wooden table with glasses and a bottle, and surrounding sailboats docked at a marina with hills in the background.
A black metal chair with patterned cushion next to a wooden railing on a boat dock, with a green potted plant nearby, and a yellow metal box marked 'City Club Beer' on the wooden deck. A skip in the boat water is visible in the background.
Reflection of a wooden table, chairs, and boat's deck in a window or mirror, with life preserver, bottles, and stairs visible.
Close-up of upper deck of a boat showing wooden-framed windows, a wooden trim, and a wooden sign with the name 'J. RENEE'. The boat has a metal handrail and a black canopy with metal supports. The sky is partly cloudy.