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

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Events Calendar

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

Hamble Autumn Championships

Four boats came along to the Hamble Autumn Championships over the weekend, for some blustery sailing with winds up to 26 knots. At the end of the weekend, Polly took home the trophy, a slight

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Fog signals!

What a difference to last week! Day 2 of the Hamble Winter Series and the Solent was filled with thick fog, no wind and the foghorns of ships sounding their way up Southampton Water. What

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Plymouth Racing

The Autumn series at Royal Western is now in its fourth week – 8th race. Wisecrack (Roger Stanbury) and Zulu (Kevin Palfreeman) turned out for the first Sunday (18th Sept), and have since the 25th

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The first of the Winter gales…

Three Impalas – Curved Air, Trudi and Polly – ventured into the Solent yesterday in a large wind-against-tide chop and gusts of 25 knots for the first weekend of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series. After

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Back where she belongs…

New Impala owner Barney Smith and two friends spent last week bringing Imptish, which he bought in Hoorn, Holland, back to the UK. He writes: ‘ Too tired to write much and need to do

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South Coast Autumn Championships

We now have a class start in the HRSC Garmin Hamble Winter Series Autumn Championships on the weekend of the 22nd/23rd October. There are windward/leeward courses, and 7 races over the weekend. So far, there

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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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