7 Impalas sailed in the Garmin Hamble Winter Series this year – Polly, Two Frank, Imptish, Magic, Vlad the Impala, Voodoo and Curved Air. Results here. And to add to that, there are at least 3 boats joining the Solent fleet early next season – Uproar, Hound Dog and Wild Read more…
A blustery day on week 6 of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series. Very close racing this week, with lots of bigger boats to contend with. Polly was first Impala, beaten on the water and handicap by 1/4 tonner Flashheart. Two Frank was 2nd and Imptish 3rd. Thanks to Ross Elliston Read more…
Calling all Impala sailors! The 2015 Impala National Championships will be held at Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club from Saturday 20th – Monday 22nd June 2015. That’s the weekend before the Round the Island Race (27th June) and David Thomas Regatta (28th June) – so travelling boats get 3 events for Read more…
Great news – the website is back up and running! Apologies for the radio silence as we recovered from a major hack. Keep checking back to find out the exciting news for 2015!
The Garmin Hamble Winter Series starts this Sunday, and 6 Impalas are entered for the series and for the Hamble One Design Championships weekend on 18-19th October. Magic, Two Frank, Polly, Imptish, Vlad the Impala and Curved Air will be racing. It’s not too late to come and join them Read more…
6 Impalas are currently competing in Cowes Week – Trudi, Magic, Scallywag, Two Frank, Burhou and Voodoo. Scallywag, putting a good end to her summer on the South Coast, leads by 2 points after 2 races, with Two Frank snapping at her heels. Full extracted results can be found on Read more…
What a weekend! The wind gods disregarded all available forecasts, which with days to go were predicting a millpond for all three days of the Impala nationals, to deliver Caribbean sailing conditions in Weymouth Bay. This was the Impala class’s 35th Anniversary championships, and boats travelled from the Solent, Brixham, Read more…
Here are the provisional results for day one of the Impala Nationals. The race committee fitted in two races in a caribbean 8-10 knots of breeze. Short courses gave some extremely close racing, and afterwards most of the fleet headed for Weymouth Beach for a swim! Maverick won the first Read more…
In case you missed Yachts and Yachting magazine’s very complimentary boat test on the Impala in their May 2014 issue, you can now download the full feature here! Click on the image to the left to read what Rupert Holmes had to say after a sail of John McQuillan’s Happy Read more…
Well done to all the Impalas who made it round the island in very little breeze on saturday. Imptish sailed a blinding race to finish 8th overall in IRC, with Firebird in 18th, Polly in 45th, Scallywag in 85th and Curved Air in 121st. Luckily it was the longest day! Read more…