It’s official – there are now 16 Impalas expected at the Nationals in Plymouth in July, by far the biggest turnout for many years. Expect some fantastic racing – come and join us, and swell the numbers even further! Enter by the 1st July to save £20 on the entry Read more…
Dear Competitors, The catering at Yacht Haven Quays is provided by Jan & Jan and they want to do their bit to welcome all the crews with large amounts of reasonably priced grub. In view of the numbers they do need some warning of the numbers to cater for. The Read more…
Lammergeyer kept up her good record in the Scottish Islands Peaks race at the weekend with another win in Class 3 making it a 1, 2, 1 over the last three years This annual endurance event involves “sailing” 160 nautical miles and running around 60 miles with 10,000 feet of 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…
Writing a piece entitled “From your Class Captain” sounds terribly snotty to me and not quite the friendly open organisation I know the Impala Class Association to be, but I couldn’t think of a more appropriate heading. It is a privilege to take over from Rob Leggett who gave us Read more…
Outcomes of the 2012 AGM. 23 members (60.5%) out of the 38 members eligible to vote voted and the results were as follows: To elect Jo Lloyd (Lammergeyer) as Class Captain of the Impala Class Association. For: 23 votes Against: 0 2. To elect Ben Meakins (Polly) as Read more…
The Entry Form is now up on the Royal Western website: rwyc.org. A pdf and a Excel file version (which will let you type in your details) also available at the bottom of this post. Note that for entries received before 1st June, I can have your boat’s name put Read more…
The number 64 – the Beatles sang about it, there are 64 dark squares on a chessboard, it’s a Slang term referring to a 1964 Chevrolet Impala – and today, there are 64 days to the start of the 2012 Impala Nationals in Plymouth. We’ve got a bumper entry this Read more…