Houseboat for rent gets mixed reviews from harbor officials

A houseboat for rent may be moored in the Port Washington marina next summer.

Harbormaster Dennis Cherny told the Harbor Commission Monday that a potential tenant plans to rent a slip for a houseboat that would be rented out during the summer.

Because the boat would be rented out and operated as a business, it will be in the north slip marina, Assistant Harbormaster Lisa Rathke said. The boat, which she described as “very nice looking,” will remain docked, not taken out by visitors, she said.