Imptish and Polly made the trip 30 miles west to Poole for the International Paint Poole Regatta over the Jubilee weekend, for three days of racing. Local boat Parallel Universe also raced in the Local Handicap class. There were calms, Read more…
It’s official – there are now 16 Impalas expected at the Nationals in Plymouth in July, by far the biggest turnout for many years. Expect some fantastic racing – come and join us, and swell the numbers even further! Enter Read more…
Lammergeyer kept up her good record in the Scottish Islands Peaks race at the weekend with another win in Class 3 making it a 1, 2, 1 over the last three years This annual endurance event involves “sailing” 160 nautical Read more…
In brief: 5 happy but exhausted sailors, 4 drinking establishments, 3 Impalas competing, 2 third places, and 1 person (almost) overboard! The longer version: Imptish competed in her first ‘offshore’ races this weekend with her new owners Barney Smith and Read more…
Writing a piece entitled “From your Class Captain” sounds terribly snotty to me and not quite the friendly open organisation I know the Impala Class Association to be, but I couldn’t think of a more appropriate heading. It is a Read more…
Outcomes of the 2012 AGM. 23 members (60.5%) out of the 38 members eligible to vote voted and the results were as follows: To elect Jo Lloyd (Lammergeyer) as Class Captain of the Impala Class Association. For: 23 votes Read more…
The Entry Form is now up on the Royal Western website: rwyc.org. A pdf and a Excel file version (which will let you type in your details) also available at the bottom of this post. Note that for entries received Read more…
The number 64 – the Beatles sang about it, there are 64 dark squares on a chessboard, it’s a Slang term referring to a 1964 Chevrolet Impala – and today, there are 64 days to the start of the 2012 Read more…
Day 5 of the Warsash Spring Series dawned bright and sunny with a lovely light breeze rippling the trees in Hamble’s waterside gardens. A gentle sail to the start allowed Imptish, the only Impala competing this week, to practice several Read more…
Sunday provided a marked contrast to the past few weeks of racing in the Warsash Spring Series, as a cold, brisk northerly wind forced the Impala crews from Imptish and Polly, to remember how to sail in a breeze. Imptish Read more…
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