Three Hamble based Impala’s rashly decided to compete in the annual JOG jaunt to Weymouth last weekend. The early weather forecasts were encouraging, 12 knots from the SE on sat to take us there, 12 knots from the SW to get us home. Lovely! With an 0730 start from Read more…
Five Impalas – Cheeky Monkey, Polly, Imptish, Magic and Two Frank – raced in the JOG Cowes-Yarmouth and Yarmouth-Cowes races at the weekend. Saturday’s race was postponed for a few hours, before the west-going tide produced just enough apparent wind for class 6 to drift over the line. Unfortunately the Read more…
Saturday saw 3 Impalas out for the first JOG race of the year – Cowes to the Nab Tower and back. Two Frank’s Olly Love writes: ‘The race started very very badly for us on the motor over when we had the bacon sandwiches in the oven but forgot to Read more…
News from Wales, where it seems the 3 Neyland Impalas have been beating up the competition… ‘Happy New Year, thought I would keep you informed of what has been happening in West Wales during the 2013 Autumn/ Winter. Please find below the final results from our local winter series which Read more…
A cold day with 10 knots of breeze finished off the 2013 Garmin Hamble Winter Series. Trudi sailed a blinding race to win on handicap, putting her 3rd overall. Imptish finished 6th and Two Frank 7th, putting them 7th and 4th overall respectively. Curved Air, who only sailed one weekend, Read more…
Photos: Thanks to Paul Wyeth/pwpictures.com In the words of Two Frank‘s Olly Love it was a “Six person day” in the Garmin Hamble Winter Series if you were sailing an Impala. Shifty necessitating frequent tacks, gusty with a couple of tight kite reaches even though the max windspeed was 16knots. Read more…
Day five of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series and after several weeks of no action, we finally we had the perfect combination, sun, a decent breeze, and 4 Impalas on startline in the 10 strong IRC Class. All boats found the unpredictably shift North Westerly 18 knots made tactical and Read more…
Imptish, Two Frank and Trudi raced on Sunday on day three of the Garmin Hamble Winter series. All week the forecast had not looked encouraging, and the weather didn’t improve on race day with racing run in a gusty and shifty 15 to 25 kn with occasional torrential rain making Read more…
It was a light-winded few days on the south coast this weekend. On Saturday, Magic, Two Frank and Polly raced in the last JOG race of the year – the Eastern Approaches race, which turned into a light wind drift down to the forts and a gentle beat back in Read more…
Three Impalas – Magic, Two Frank and Polly – entered the JOG race to Poole and back at the weekend. An early start off Cowes took place in a severe lack of breeze, despite threatening clouds and multiple rainbows in the offing, which combined with a strong spring tide made Read more…