Tuning Guides

Find out how to make your Impala go fast with rig tuning, sail trimming and boat preparation guides from the past 40 years.

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Events Calendar

Find out what One Design and handicap events Impalas will be sailing this year and download the calendar to your phone.

LIPTON TROPHY IN HONG KONG

The Lipton Trophy – Hong Kong Harbour Saturday 19th November This is a pursuit race around marks in the harbour in which the boats first sail three triangles of about 1 ½ miles per leg,

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Waves made of concrete…

With winds that started at 27 knots and eased to 10 by the finish, the Impalas in Class 4 had an interesting day’s racing in the penultimate race of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series. The

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How to go upwind fast in a breeze

“Its been a windy winter series at Hamble this autumn, with winds consistently in the 20 knot range,  and often more. After 7 years away, coming back to sail Impalas has been great  fun, and

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Summer in the Winter Series?

A beautiful sunny day with 9-12 knots of breeze? In November? The sixth Garmin Hamble Winter Series weekend could have been in the Caribbean – apart from Fawley power station chimney, of course. Polly crossed

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Sunshine in November?

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

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Autumn Madness

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

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History of the Impala

From Offshore One Design council winner in 1979 and still winning races in the 21st century - find out the history and reviews of the Impala 28

Maintenance

Find out how to maintain your Impala, from replacing hatches to engine repairs, new rudders, adding water tanks and more

Nationals winners

Find out which boats were on the podium at the Impala National Championships from 1979 to today.

Class Rules

Explore the class rules, with engine installation diagrams, corrector weights, spars, equipment and sail dimensions

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