The Plan

We purchased Loomba-Loomba in 2009 in Alameda, California where she had spent her entire life in San Francisco Bay (except for a few excursions to Monterey). We had her trucked up to Port Townsend, Washington where we started a total re-fit and we have been adding things ever since.

The boat was built in 1989 in Taiwan and all equipment on her appeared to be original factory installation, except for a new compressor for the refrigeration, the rigging and the upholstery.

We sailed Loomba-Loomba from Bainbridge Island, Washington to San Francisco in 2010, which was the shake down cruise. We spent a month in SF where we upgraded a few more things, then two weeks in Santa Cruz where we installed a new hot water heater. We then sailed down to Long Beach where we installed the SSB radio, Pactor modem, and dinghy davits. From there we sailed down the coast of Baja and over to mainland Mexico.

We had every intention of doing the Pacific Puddle Jump in 2013 or 2014 so we continued to add and upgrade. We were ready to head across the Pacific, but by the time 2014 rolled around we had fallen in love with Mexico AND a brand new grandson so we decided to continue to cruise Mexico where we have now enjoyed ten seasons!

It is a very tough decision to put Loomba-Loomba on the market, but there are many other places we want to explore and things we want to do and we have both crossed the 70 year threshold.

The Boat:

Loomba-Loomba is a Fairweather Mariner 39 designed by Bob Perry and built in Taiwan. There are 25 Fairweather Mariner 39’s and Loomba-Loomba is hull number 23. Minor improvements continued to be made as production grew. For Example: ours has enlarged scuppers to drain the side-decks and keep the cockpit dry in rough weather, the wiring runs are practically a work of art, and an air pathway was devised from the mast base through the bilge, past the engine to stern cockpit vents eliminating any stale bilge smell.

Loomba-Loomba is a very good sailing boat. Bob Perry designed her for ocean passages, which are primarily off-the-wind and reaching. (see his article on our website) The cutter rig gives her an easy to handle sail plan, very efficient on a reach. She has a tall rig, so has extra power when needed in lighter winds. She doesn’t need white caps to do 7 knots. We have sailed her for years in Mexico with approximately a 110 on the roller furler to achieve those speeds and ease of sailing. Want more speed? Put the 135 on the roller furler. She is easily driven, and fun to sail.

In almost every marina and every anchorage we are asked what kind of boat she is and told that she’s a very beautiful boat. One person called her a very purposeful looking boat! The fact that she is so well maintained highlights the beauty of the design. (See our "Boat Design" Page to see an article by Bob Perry about his design)

Loomba-Loomba is in excellent condition and ready to do some bluewater cruising.

The Location:

Loomba-Loomba is in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. No need to sail down the west coast to get to the warm and beautiful cruising grounds of Mexico because the boat is already there!

The Name:

Loomba-Loomba (Lumba-Lumba) is Tagalog (a Philippine dialect) for dolphin. My sister had an underwater photography and dive book business in the Philippines and her business partner had an original “banca” named Lumba-Lumba (see photo). We have many fond memories of places we went and dives we took from the original Lumba-Lumba and since our friend no longer has his banca we used the name with a change of spelling so it would be pronounced correctly.

This is a photo of the original "Lumba-Lumba":