Kopp is president of the slipholders association at Gangplank Marina on the Washington Channel in Southwest, which is welcoming the public on Saturday for its first-ever houseboat tours. The charity event is sold out. What is it like to live on a houseboat?

Right now there’s a little more than 100 live-aboard members in the Southwest waterfront community that live in their boats full time.

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