Fabulous Ferryboat on San Francisco Bay

In our experience it all depends on what you are looking for, and trying to match your expectations. The Yellow Ferry is everything it is represented to be: luxurious, very private, extraordinarily unique, and 30 minutes from San Francisco to the south and Muir Woods, Stinson Beach to the north, just a tad longer to Berkeley, and an hour to wine country. Chris Tellis and famijly have done an incredible job. The rental side of the ferry used to be his mother's quarters, and is furnished with her collections gathered through extensive global travel, her cookbooks and very well equipped kitchen, and more. It is the opposite of sterile, but is in no way cluttered. Each day we found different treasures we hadn't seen before. The extensive use of glass throughout the boat couples one to the bay. The view from the master bedroom, through a wall of glass, the ferry's paddle wheel and across the bay to the Tiburon Hills is a marvelous way to start the day. The south wall of the living room is comprised of six large glass panels that you can open completely joining the inside to the deck outside.
The Ferry was ready for our arrival, clean, well supplied with the basics, with a lovely gift basket on the kitchen counter containing some wine, cheese and a variety of snacks we enjoyed throughout the week. Groceries are a few miles away, there are restaurants and a deli within walking distance of the dock. Chris has written a guide that is well thought out and very useful. His critique of the three restaurants we tried was right on.
The Yellow Ferry Marina, the boat's home, is quite lovely, not what you see around you in the harbor. Adequate parking, the plantings are great, the docks in wonderful condition, and the neighbors friendly. The fleet of shopping carts in the parking lot make it easy to transfer luggage or groceries to the boat. Chris was in the process of constructing a pergola type structure on one of the docks when we were there.
We would repeat in a heartbeat.