A barge and workboat yard that became, through the family's postwar landholdings, the origin of Sausalito's houseboat community — and, through the Arques Trust, of its boatbuilding school.
- Founder
- Camillo Arques, boatyard at Napa Street from 1913, Johnson Street from 1915; wooden barges for commercial and military clients
- Succession
- Sons Donlon 'Don' and Bub Arques; the family came to manage large parts of the former Marinship property after WWII
- Legacy
- The Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding, endowed by Don and Vera Arques and founded by Bob Darr in June 1996; housed at Spaulding Marine Center since 2007
- Don Arques
- Died 1993. Known as the godfather of the waterfront for letting G.I.-Bill veterans convert surplus Marinship barges and hulls into houseboats at Waldo Point
- 1913 onwardWooden barges
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
- A 1914 photograph is captioned 'Crichton and Arques Boatyard' and one compiled list names 'Crichton & Arques' among historic Sausalito yards, but who Crichton was could not be confirmed from any institutional source.
- Corrected 29 July 2026. This atlas previously implied the Arques School began at Spaulding in 2007. The school was founded in June 1996 by Bob Darr on the Arques endowment; 2007 is when it moved to the Spaulding Marine Center.
Wooden Boat Atlas v3.0 · built 30 July 2026 · a project of the Golden Gate Wooden Boat Foundation · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · open data · corrections