We’re happy to announce that the 2023 Impala Nationals will be sailed from Hamble from 21-23 July. Racing will be a mixture of windward-leeward and round the cans races, and the event will be run by Hamble River Sailing Club with support from the RAF YC. Cheap lift in deals Read more…
10 boats ventured to Plymouth for the first official Impala championships since the pandemic, from the Fal in the West to the Hamble to the East for a weekend of Caribbean sunshine and light but fairly steady wind. The Impala fleet joined the J/24s who also chose Plymouth Regatta as Read more…
Happy New Year! Thanks for your patience – we can confirm that the 2022 Nationals will be held in Plymouth by the Port of Plymouth Sailing Association, over three days from 8-10 July 2022. To be run alongside the J/24 Nationals, this will be a great event and should get Read more…
Robert Lee writes: Fantastic finish to the year at Strangford Lough Yacht Clubs Frostbite Series. Old hand, Peter Thompson, Alcyone, showing the new Impala owners how it’s done with 9 points scored out of 8 races counted. James Curran finished 2nd on Beeste in his first year as an Impala Read more…
9 Impalas entered the Impala Solent Championships, held as part of the Hamble One Design championships over the weekend of 2/3 October. A somewhat biblical forecast and a positive COVID test led to a couple of boats deciding to stay put for the weekend, but 7 braved the weather to Read more…
Well done to Bambi (Richard Harding) for their result as top Impala in the 2021 Round the Island race. Here’s the race in his own words: “Eight Impalas joined almost 1,200 other boats in the 2021 Round The Island race, which offered a fantastic break from COVID, isolation, and working Read more…
Nationals update: The team in Plymouth are still planning to go ahead with the event as part of PPSA regatta on 9-11 July, but due to the limited number of boats willing to travel, the continuing COVID situation and feedback from local boats (a couple of whom aren’t launching this Read more…
Time for our second Impala Safari – this time we’re off to the River Severn. Rob Hudson writes: ‘Thornbury Sailing Club is positioned right at the top of the Bristol Channel, a couple of miles north of the old Severn Bridge on the English side of the river. It is Read more…
While we’re all locked down again, let’s take a tour of the Impala strongholds – some old, some new, around the world. First up, Strangford Lough. Impala class captain at EDYC, Grant McCullough: “East Down Yacht Club is centrally located on the shores of Strangford Lough – one of the Read more…
15-year-old Timothy Long is aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around Britain in his Impala, Alchemy. He is raising money for the Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust – and you can donate here! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/roundbritain2020?fbclid=IwAR0JSJqRx4qpSf_rddQvIuquMte6H8jEwIKkdfDKMiOW_VtI8-01759DZcM Fair winds, Timothy – and it would be great to see some Impalas out Read more…