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 Impalas in IRC 4 did well, with Polly first, Trudi second and Curved Air 4th. Read more…
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 to end up with one. I knew it was time to start looking seriously. I Read more…
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 want to sell or buy a boat, email us with what you’re looking for at Read more…
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 on a crowded racecourse in a strong tide. Polly is leading IRC 4 overall, with Read more…
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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 navigational error and a broken boom on Sunday aside. Trudi was second, with Imptish, in Read more…
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 a surprise, then, to get in a race in, in 5-10 knots of breeze that Read more…
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 two races, Polly is lying first overall in IRC 4, with Trudi 3rd and Curved Read more…
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 some proper work to earn money to pay for the boat… But here’s a brief Read more…
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 are 5 boats coming along. Come and join them! You can enter online at www.garminhamblewinterseries.co.uk. Read more…