Ten boats ventured to Plymouth for the first official Impala championships since the pandemic, from the Fal in the West to the Hamble to the East for a weekend of Caribbean sunshine and light but fairly steady wind. The Impala fleet joined the J/24s who also chose Plymouth Regatta as their 2022 Nationals venue.
Race officer Sean Semmens, a former Impala owner himself, set some short but challenging courses in the light airs that kept the boats with good boat speed and top tactics atop the leader board throughout the weekend. Despite the threat of a swift use of the black flag the Impala fleet were well behaved, save for a few boats keen to get racing who were over the line in the first race!
Thanks go to the organisers and all the crews, as well as to the event sponsors: Plymouth Yacht Haven, Hemisphere Rigging Services, Ancasta International Boat Sales, Mount Batten Boathouse, Cattewater Harbour Commissioners, Dart Sails and Covers, Freshwave IT & Web, Paul Gibbins Photography, Rooster Sailing and Yachty Bits.
Next year's Nationals will be held in Hamble, and dates will be confirmed in the next few weeks.
Unusually, there are a couple of boats for sale at the moment: get in touch if you would like to join in the fun for some affordable, exciting, close one-design racing! There are competitive fleets in the Solent, Plymouth and Strangford Lough, and Impalas are hard to beat under IRC as well.
Overall Results:
,Pos Sail No Boat Name Owner R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R8 R9 Pts
1 GBR 9594 Impulsive Dominic Hanley 2 1 1 ‑5 1 1 3 1 10
2 GBR9510 Imelda Robbie Boalch 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 ‑5 13
3 GBR9500 Polly Meakins & Cudmore ‑5 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 16
4 GBR 9560 INCA lan Luscombe 3 4 4 3 4 ‑7 5 3 26
5 GBR9609 ZULU Kevin Palfreeman 7 7 7 ‑8 5 5 4 4 39
6 GBR9567 Atalanta Stuart Higgins 4 6 5 6 ‑7 6 7 6 40
7 GBR 9568 Insanity Wilkinson ‑9 8 6 4 6 9 6 8 47
8 9542 Wisecrack Roger Stanbury 8 5 8 7 8 8 ‑9 7 51
9 GBR9595 Scallywag Ade Beaven‑ Smith 6 ‑9 9 9 9 4 8 9 54
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