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Marshall Boat Works

"Marshall Boat Works No. 7" 2014 Last year I spent a week on the northeastern shore of  Tomales Bay , a beautiful inlet of the Pacific Ocean just north of San Francisco. The bay actually forms the eastern boundary of  Point Reyes National Seashore  which is geographically separated from the continental United States by a fault zone.  Known for their  oysters farms  and fisheries, Tomales Bay is a wild and largely unspoiled stretch of land. With a bit of time to explore, I was able to meander around the various towns that dotted either side of the bay with time to think about shape and form.  Between eating the last of the oysters to be pulled out of  Drakes Bay  at  Tony's Seafood Restaurant  and spending time at the seashore, I was visually drawn to Marshall Boat Works where I ended up walking around, marveling at the watery vessels docked on dry land. The boats were in various states of disrepair and were just th...