The anchor-outs: San Francisco’s bohemian boat dwellers fight for their way of life

Since the 1950s, Marin county waters have been home to a community of mariners. Now local authorities say they have to leave

For decades, a group known as the anchor-outs" enjoyed a relatively peaceful existence in a corner of the San Francisco Bay. The mariners carved out an affordable, bohemian community on the water, in a county where the median home price recently hit $1.8m.

But their haven could be coming to an end - and with it, a rapidly disappearing way of life.

Top: Anchor-out boats sit in Richardson Bay in Sausalito, California, last month. Bottom: Jeff Jacob Chase looks out the window of a friend's boat.