Tuning Guides
New Tuning guide available!
Our friends at Dart Sails and Covers (all successful ex-Impala owners themselves) have published a fantastic updated Tuning guide, covering everything from boat preparation to sail trim. Check it out below!
Nationals
Impala Europeans 2024
We are delighted to announce the Impala European Championship, incorporating the UK and Irish Nationals, next May 25th/26th 2024. East Down Yacht Club will host the event at their nine acre site on the shores of Strangford Lough. The weekend also includes the Sonata Open Event competing on the same Read more…
Nationals
Breeze on for the Impala Nationals 2023!
Eleven boats entered the 2023 Impala Nationals superbly hosted by Hamble River Sailing Club from the 21 to 23 July and sponsored by Spinlock and Dart Sails. Racing was held in the central Solent, the spiritual home of this evergreen 28 foot cruiser/racer designed by the legendary David Thomas way Read more…
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Nationals ’23 Entry is Open!
Entry for the 2023 Nationals in Hamble is now open. You can read the Notice of Race here. Please visit this link to enter and pay online: https://www.hrsc.org.uk/event/857891 Visiting boats: please get in touch with either info@impala28.co.uk or the club office for info on berthing or lift-ins, or if you Read more…
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Impala and Sonata Open Event in Strangford Lough
On the weekend of 27th – 28th of May, East Down Yacht Club in Strangford Lough will host the Impala Sonata Open Event, the 2 day event will have three windward/leeward one design races on Saturday with a daily prize giving followed by a chilled out barbecue and an evening’s Read more…
Blast from the Past
7 things you might not know about the Impala
7 things you might not know about the Impala… by Peter Poland 1. Why is the Impala narrower than the Hydro and other similar length Half Tonners of its era?Because the original Hunter factory doors were only 9’3″ wide and Hunter’s Derek Chardin said it would cost too much to Read more…
Nationals
Hamble Nationals ’23 Accomodation suggestions
Here are some options in the local area for accomodation: RAF Yacht Club has a number of rooms that can be booked Royal Southern YC also has rooms that can be booked Hamble B&B: https://www.hamblebedandbreakfast.com/ Landfall B&B: https://www.selfcateringhamble.com/accommodation/ Campsite and and Caravans/Static Caravans available at Mercury (15 minutes walk into Read more…
Nationals
Impala Nationals 2023 Dates
We’re happy to announce that the 2023 Impala Nationals will be sailed from Hamble from 21-23 July. Racing will be a mixture of windward-leeward and round the cans races, and the event will be run by Hamble River Sailing Club with support from the RAF YC. Cheap lift in deals Read more…
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2022 Nationals Report
10 boats ventured to Plymouth for the first official Impala championships since the pandemic, from the Fal in the West to the Hamble to the East for a weekend of Caribbean sunshine and light but fairly steady wind. The Impala fleet joined the J/24s who also chose Plymouth Regatta as Read more…
Class Association
2022 Nationals – and other events
Happy New Year! Thanks for your patience – we can confirm that the 2022 Nationals will be held in Plymouth by the Port of Plymouth Sailing Association, over three days from 8-10 July 2022. To be run alongside the J/24 Nationals, this will be a great event and should get Read more…