S/V Loomba-Loomba

Re-naming Ceremony and Celebration 10/11/09. Leaving PT morning of 10/10. Arrival at Port Madison Yacht Club in the afternoon. First night at the dock in Port Townsend   She's floating............ Friday October 9, 2009 We're ready to splash! Loomba-Loomba with new name and dodger John Weins putting the new name and hailing port on              The week of last minute details..............and a new dodger and name.

Jim peels the tape off after we painted the new boot stripe. John Glaser and Jim Loomba Loomba has new stripes in a new color. With the sail cover on she's looking pretty good!

Finishing touches to the masthead New antenna, horn, tricolor light, wind/depth/speed instrument and all new internal wire. A final cleaning while we can still reach it. The mast being lifted by the boom truck. Jim, Tom and Glenn Hartmann listening to instructions from the boom truck driver. Kathy Hartmann and Julien Arthur (the truck driver) Jim disconnecting the boom from the mast. Loomba-Loomba looks like a sailboat again.

9/13/09 Loomba Loomba gets polished. 9/13/09 Good Bye San Francisco 9/12/09 Good Bye Diomedea! 9/6/09 First Coat of Bottom Paint 9/6/09 The final (12th) coat of Epoxy. Steve and Mathew both worked on the bottom

8/23/09 Main Cabin is almost clean! 8/22/09 John Glaser is doing an outstanding job fairing the bottom. Almost ready for epoxy. 8/22/09 The Mast still needs some work. 8/22/09 Our home away from home

7/24/09 Loomba Loomba has her bottom peeled

7/14/09 Loomba Loomba arrives in Port Townsend

7/10/09 Ready to be trucked to Pt. Townsend. Bethie helped us take apart the mast and wrap it for trucking.

7/8/09 Papers are signed! John Kuony brokered the deal.

7/1/09 Being hauled for the survey

6/30/09 At Nelson's Boat Yard in Alameda