Race Reports
Windward!
Well done to Imptish, who was first Impala in both races of weekend 2 of the Hamble Winter Series! Here’s Scallywag having a small issue with a quarter tonner on the startline… Results are at www.hamblewinterseries.com
Race Reports
JOG Solent Race – 1 October – Rock ‘n’ Roll
Three Impala’s rocked up for the starline of the final JOG race of the year on Saturday. The course was round the cans (or Solent), starting in Cowes, passing Portsmouth, and finishing in Lymington. The weather was, how I can put this…, rather uncertain. Thunder and lighting (very, very exciting/scary) Read more…
Race Reports
Snakes and Ladders!
A shifty, light race for the first weekend of the Hamble Winter Series… Place Sail No Name Type Owner Hcap Finish Elapsed Corrected 1 GBR9500 Polly Impala Adrian Cudmore 0.884 12:26:11 1:56:11 1:42:42 2 GBR9519 Two Frank Impala Oliver Love 0.884 12:27:52 1:57:52 1:44:12 3 NED9616 Imptish Impala Barnaby Smith Read more…
East Coast
News from the Humber
Good to see 2 Impala’s racing at the recent Grimsby and Cleethorpes Yacht Club regatta on the Saturday and Sunday of the August Bank Holiday. There are 3 Impala’s in the Humber area including Lifjetti 5 but only Menace and Ruffian are actively racing. The 2 Impalas raced in the Read more…
Race Reports
Poole race 2016
6 Impala’s were down on the start list for last weekend’s JOG Cowes to Poole race. One took a very sensible decision to stay tied up on Saturday morning leaving the remaining five (Spectrum, Imptish, Magic, Scallywag and Cheeky Monkey) to take on a double challenge of water and wind. Read more…
Race Reports
What a Round the Island!
GBR9614 REACTION 0.885 17:17:41 07:47:41 06:53:54 24 GBR9500 POLLY 0.884 17:23:29 07:53:29 06:58:34 29 GBR9616 IMPTISH 0.885 17:46:39 08:16:39 07:19:32 73 GBR9578 CURVED AIR 0.881 18:02:38 08:32:38 07:31:38 113 GBR9561 UPROAR 0.885 18:00:36 08:30:36 07:31:53 114 GBR9545 FIREBIRD 0.883 18:09:23 08:39:23 07:38:37 139 IRL9501 TRUDI 0.888 18:31:30 09:01:30 08:00:51 221 Read more…
Race Reports
Good Impala showing in the Nab Tower race
A successful day for the 7 Impalas entered in Saturday’s JOG Nab Tower race, with Impalas taking 4 of the top 5 spots in class 6! It was an interesting and long day on the water, with everything from flat calm drifting to masthead-in-the-water broaches and torrential rain – and Read more…
Irish
A Calves Week Bonanza!
We missed this great news back in the summer, but Judy McGrath and crew on Bonanza IRL 9515 won Calves Week in Schull on the South Coast of Ireland. Judy writes: ‘We hail from RCYC, Royal Cork Yacht Club. We won Class 3 overall with 3 race wins out of Read more…
Race Reports
Balmy Winter Series continues…
The Garmin Hamble Winter Series continues in balmy (for October) weather! The 8-strong Impala fleet has been getting closer and closer, with positions changing constantly. This week, Uproar, resplendent in her new orange wrap, pushed Polly hard for 1st in the first race of the day, just dropping back at Read more…