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…
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…
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…
The River Blackwater estuary off Mersea Island in Essex was the venue for this year’s IRC East Coast Championship, held on 25th and 26th May in light to moderate breezes, and with some welcome sunshine. Three races round windward/leeward courses were sailed on the Saturday, followed by two round-the-cans races Read more…
Mercenary (Mark Bradshaw) showed Olympian qualities when they took second place in the highly competitive IRC 3 Class at Scottish Series finishing behind the outstanding class leader, Jaywalker, a J97. With Olympic medallist Luke Patience in the Class (finishing 4th), competition was fierce and Mark and his crew sailed tenaciously Read more…
What a weekend! The 5 impalas in the JOG Yarmouth race had some close racing, surviving numerous groundings, a plague of flies, strong adverse tides and not a lot of wind. Well done to Imptish who won the race to Yarmouth via Portsmouth, finishing a minute ahead of Polly, followed Read more…
Despite the best efforts of a pessimistic forecast – and ABP, who helpfully removed all the racing marks in the Solent last week – the Impalas racing in IRC 4 of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series squeezed in a short race in a dying breeze. Trudi decided to head home Read more…
After last week’s lack of wind led to most of the fleet reading the sunday papers under an AP, the penultimate race of the 2012 Garmin Hamble Winter Series was a very different affair. The four Impalas in IRC 4 raced in a brief weather window between two 40 knot Read more…
Springtime conditions came to the Hamble winter series yesterday, in a patchy, shifty, frustrating breeze. One race was sailed, ending with a long beat against the tide in a failing breeze to finish at Coronation. Trudi was first Impala home, followed by Polly, then Imptish. It was a tricky race, Read more…
Congratulations to the crews of Fearnought, Peanut, Impulsive and Maverick, who between them did a great job of dominating the 12-boat IRC 3 class in Dartmouth Week, held from Thursday 30th August to Sunday 2nd September. Fearnought had a near-perfect run of firsts, with Peanut in fourth, Impulsive in fifth Read more…