LATEST NEWS: The Notice of Racing and draft Sailing instructions are included. There are some key items to note: Scoring: We will be scoring 5 of 6, 4 of 5, 3 of 4, 3 of 3. Must have 3 races to constitute a Championship. First warning signals for the Impalas are: Friday: 11.55 Saturday Read more…
(c) Bertrand Malas. Two Frank and Cheeky Monkey (ex-Kudu) racing last night in HRSC’s Wednesday Night series. There are often 4 impalas out on a wednesday night – come and join in!
I am going to need those boat names soon…… Please email me on kpalfreeman@yahoo.co.uk with the names Thanks Kevin
Four Impalas entered the IRC Small Boat Championships, hosted by the Island Sailing Club last weekend. Racing was abandoned on Saturday in light of a brutal forecast, but that didn’t stop Magic, Imptish and Two Frank battling their way over to Cowes in 40+ knots for the regatta party. Sunday Read more…
We’re trying to track down the whereabouts of all the Impalas ever made. We’ve now got over 60 boats and their owners in our database, but have another 90 to find – and you can help! Download the PDF file below and post it through the washboards of any Impalas Read more…
Weymouth SC have just issued the NOR. A few points extra to the NOR: 1. The entry fee includes mooring for Friday and Saturday 2. Will boats arriving by road please contact me ASAP. WSC will do the lift in/out for a nominal fee, BUT they need to organise some Read more…
Magic and Two Frank competed in the inaugural JOG Cowes-Lymington race – briefly summarised as ’round the island the wrong way and a week too late’ by another name! Magic finished 4th in class 6, with Two Frank finishing 11th. Here’s Magic’s report: ‘The day started with a stronger than Read more…
Many thanks to Peter Poland, ex-Hunter Boats, for these great shots of the first Impala to hit the water, K9500 CCee (now Polly) on her maiden sail in 1979. She was built from a kit by Tim Harrison and Dave Nye, and hit the water ahead of the first boat Read more…
Results from the RTI at the weekend: Well done to Imptish who overtook Polly in the last 5 mins of the race but couldn’t quite save her time on handicap. She wins the Impala decanter for the first Impala to cross the line. It was great to see Firebird out Read more…
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