Over the weekend Imptish and Magic raced in the final event of the Royal Southern Yacht Club’s 175th anniversary regatta. Despite the June date the weather throughout was closer to those normally encountered in the Hamble winter series. Wet, cold and windy conditions dominated with gusts of over 30 knots Read more…
Imptish and Polly made the trip 30 miles west to Poole for the International Paint Poole Regatta over the Jubilee weekend, for three days of racing. Local boat Parallel Universe also raced in the Local Handicap class. There were calms, gales, big seas and spring tides to contend with, and Read more…
In brief: 5 happy but exhausted sailors, 4 drinking establishments, 3 Impalas competing, 2 third places, and 1 person (almost) overboard! The longer version: Imptish competed in her first ‘offshore’ races this weekend with her new owners Barney Smith and Graham Tullett. Engine troubles earlier in the week meant an Read more…
Day 5 of the Warsash Spring Series dawned bright and sunny with a lovely light breeze rippling the trees in Hamble’s waterside gardens. A gentle sail to the start allowed Imptish, the only Impala competing this week, to practice several spinnaker gybes amongst the newly formed multinational crew (if 2 Read more…
Sunday provided a marked contrast to the past few weeks of racing in the Warsash Spring Series, as a cold, brisk northerly wind forced the Impala crews from Imptish and Polly, to remember how to sail in a breeze. Imptish got the better start and picked up an early left Read more…
It was another day of light winds for race 3 of the Warsash Spring Series. Imptish, competing in IRC4, finished second on handicap, unable to save her time on the Mustang 30 Erik the Red. Another early finish meant that the crew was back in Hamble by one and enjoying Read more…
Photos © Ben Meakins Photos © Barney Smith Two Impalas – Imptish and Polly – hit the water for the second Warsash Spring Series race on Sunday. In a unusual but welcome turn of events, the race committee got IRC 4 away in the only patch of wind in the Read more…
Photos: © Laura Starling The season begins: ‘Imptish, with new owners Barney Smith and Graham Tullett competed in race 1 of the Warsash Sping Series on Sunday. Launched just a few days ago after a three month winter refit, her owners were very happy to be out sailing rather than Read more…
Solent boats listen up – we’ve just received these changes to the marks in the solent for 2012. 1. Mark 2R AQUASPEC is now called DURNS, which you may recognise as its name before it was sponsored. 2. As a result of discussions with Trinity House, the following marks that Read more…
A freezing cold race finished off the final race in the Garmin Hamble Winter Series. It was a close race, and after the whole series, Polly is 1st, with Trudi 2nd and Curved Air 6th. There’s a provisional Solent calendar on the South Coast page – have a look and Read more…