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1920 – 1925 · Sausalito, California

Reliance Boat & Ways Co.

Second and Main, Sausalito

Founded by William Hynes in 1920 on a small beach cove at Second and Main, and bought out five years later by the Nunes brothers — who then worked the site for thirty-four years.

Founder
William Hynes, 1920
Site
A cove at Second and Main, Sausalito, described as a labyrinth of old docks with crab and salmon boats moored against ancient pilings
Sold
To Manuel and Antonio Nunes in 1925
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • This entry resolves an earlier open question. A predecessor firm to the Nunes brothers is sometimes given as 'Dickerhoff & Nunes'; the documented predecessor on the site is the Reliance Boat Company, founded by William Hynes.

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