Tuning Guides

Find out how to make your Impala go fast with rig tuning, sail trimming and boat preparation guides from the past 40 years.

Boats for sale

Looking to buy an Impala? Check out the free listings here - we've got the most comprehensive listings of Impalas on the web!

Events Calendar

Find out what One Design and handicap events Impalas will be sailing this year and download the calendar to your phone.

Summer in the Winter Series?

A beautiful sunny day with 9-12 knots of breeze? In November? The sixth Garmin Hamble Winter Series weekend could have been in the Caribbean – apart from Fawley power station chimney, of course. Polly crossed

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Sunshine in November?

A gusty and shifty breeze that started at 20+knots and ended up at 8 knots in the lulls made for an interesting race on Sunday, in the latest Garmin Hamble Winter Series weekend. The three

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Autumn Madness

Murray Caldwell writes: ‘When I overhead my wife talking to one of her friends about me always going on about Impalas and that she had come to terms with fact that we were probably going

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Boats for sale

The Boats for Sale section has been updated, with lots of  boats for sale, including Monkey Business, Volante, Bonanza and Siamsa II all looking for new homes. We’re running a boat-match service – if you

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Damp Course

Another breezy weekend in the Hamble Winter Series, this time with the added bonus of mist and drizzle. Nonetheless, some close racing this week, especially between Trudi and Curved Air in a good 12-18knot WSW’ly 

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Please Stand By

You may have noticed that the website has been throwing up a lot of error messages recently. We’ll be moving it to a new Linux server in the next few days, so please be patient

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History of the Impala

From Offshore One Design council winner in 1979 and still winning races in the 21st century - find out the history and reviews of the Impala 28

Maintenance

Find out how to maintain your Impala, from replacing hatches to engine repairs, new rudders, adding water tanks and more

Nationals winners

Find out which boats were on the podium at the Impala National Championships from 1979 to today.

Class Rules

Explore the class rules, with engine installation diagrams, corrector weights, spars, equipment and sail dimensions

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