Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

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Designed by David Thomas in the 1970s, and built by Hunter Boats in Essex, England, the Impala provides a great boat for both racing and cruising. 155 Impalas were built in total, of which over 100 are still active today, approx 15 in Hong Kong, with many of the rest in the UK, where design modifications often include an inboard engine instead of the outboard used in Hong Kong.

Impalas race actively throughout the year - during the winter season (September to May) there is a full schedule of races in the harbour on Saturday afternoons, while during the summer the Impalas move up to the RHKYC location at Port Shelter, 'Shelter Cove', and race in the Hebe Haven Typhoon Series on Sundays.

Unlike the other fleet racing boats at RHKYC, the Impala is just big enough to participate in other Hong Kong sailing events typically reserved for larger boats, and so Impalas are always represented in the gruelling but fantastic '4 Peaks' race as well as the annual race to Macau. The Impala is a 28' yacht, with a beam of 9'3" and draft of 5'4". She is typically raced with a crew of 5 or 6 and can sleep up to 4 people.

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Fleet Captain	Mike Burrell
Vice Captain	Dennis Chien
Class Secretary	Howard Lam
Assistant Class Secretary	Peter So
Honour Treasurer	Tiffany Tam
Social Secretary	Peter Hui
Equipment Coordinator	Herman Wong
Scrutineer	Dennis Chien
Publication	Jeff Chau

If you are interested in learning more about the Impala Class, please contact us any time at impala@rhkyc.org.hk

All notices of race are in PDF format and it can be retrieved and printed for use. The PDF file required Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free from ADOBE.

Standard Sailing Instructions

BOAT	SAIL #	OWNER
PIED PIPER	235	CY Fong / Manson Ma
SHIKARI	244	R Wu / J Cheung / H Lam
GNU	262	Patrick Shum
TAURUS	700	Hung Hing TSE
CAVIAR	716	Tony Chan / Anson Ng / Mathew Yam
RAINBOW CHASER	731	Jacqueline Wong
ALSO CAN	785	Kwok Wai CHENG
MOLL	1045	Philip Bowring
TAXI	1047	Kent Kan / Dennis Chien
BOSS HOGG	1066	Francis Cheung
XANADU	1221	Wilfred Ma
PADDY B	2233	Herman Wong
MADAME K	2288	V Kwan / C Tsang / TY Wong
IMPALA 1	9546	Mike Burrell / Gaston Chan

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