Tuesday, October 15 is the deadline for all boats anchored in Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA) waters on the far side of the Sausalito channel to relocate to a designated anchorage area offshore of Sausalito Yacht Harbor and the Spinnaker Restaurant.

Twenty-three long-term anchored-out boats are expected to be moored in the new designated area after the October 15 deadline.

The deadline was set via a settlement agreement between RBRA and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). Under the agreement, the "legacy" vessels that move to the new designated area will be subject to a 72-hour mooring limit as of October 2026. The 72-hour limit is already being enforced for all other vessels.

According to RBRA Executive Director Brad Gross, residents of 16 of the 23 legacy vessels are in the pipeline for onshore housing. The residents of the remaining seven boats do not qualify for a federal housing voucher.

The City of Sausalito withdrew from RBRA in 2017 and currently manages its own waters under a separate agreement with BCDC. Per the agreement, the three remaining vessels anchored-out on the Sausalito side of the channel will be subject to the 72-hour limit as of January 1, 2026.