S/Y Impala
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designer: Sparkman and
Stephens, Inc., design #
1056
builder: Abeking and
Rasmussen, GmbH, building
#4933
SPECIFICATIONS
- LOA: 56’-8”
- Lwl: 40’-0”
- beam: 12’6”
- draft: 7’-8”
- displacement: 51,000 lbs
- year: 1954
- designer: Sparkman and Stephens, Inc., design # 1056
- builder: Abeking and Rasmussen, GmbH, building #4933
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Double planked mahogany
over oak frames. Silicon bronze fastened and
diagonally strapped. Laid, double planked , teak
deck. Mahogany cap rails, coaming, deck boxes,
hatch frames and house. House top plywood with
epoxy laid dynel covering.
Spars:
Sitka spruce spars excepting aluminum mainmast.
The aluminum mast was designed by S&S and
installed by original owner in 1966. It was
replaced with a replica in 2007.
Sails:
Sails:
IMPALA has a new (2007) set of HOOD Vectran
sails, main mizzen, staysail, #1 yankee jib
topsail and #2 yankee jib topsail. She is rigged
for either double headsails, or genoa, but she
has no genoa at present. She has a new HOOD
mizzen staysail, but although she is rigged for
spinnakers, she currently has none. IMPALA has
15 Barient winches, including two #35 primaries,
and one new (2005) Anderson 46ST reefing winch.
She has main and mizzen sailcovers.
Engine:
Yanmar 3GH 27 hp engine with hydraulic Velvet
Drive 71 gearbox, Walter v-drive RV-26, and 2
blade feathering MaxProp. The engine is
controlled by a Kobelt #2043, single lever
control. The engine was installed in 2001 and
has been run 1100 hours.
Tankage:
Water in 2 75 gal copper tanks under main cabin
settees and 150 gallon tank under cabin sole.
Fuel in 70 gallon monel tank under cockpit.
Electrical:
Two 8-D gel house batteries plus a engine start
battery. All new (2001)wiring running to new
electric panel at chart table. Navigation lights
are Orca Green Marine LX-2 LED fixtures and
Hella LED at masthead. Battery monitor.
Navigation:
Sailing instruments are Brookes and Gatehouse
Hydra 2000 system, with full function digital
display at chart table and four analogue
instruments in cockpit.
Radios are Icom IC-M700 PRO single side band
transceiver and Icom IC-M127 VHF.
GPS is Garmin 128.
EPIRB is ACR RLB-28.
There is an audio CD tuner driving speakers in
the saloon and cockpit.
IMPALA has her original Danforth White 6”
Constellation compass (restored by White in
2007) in a binnacle on the steering pedestal.
Horn is Kallenberg S-0A, air driven brass
trumpet.
Accommodation:
IMPALA is a flush deck configuration with a
small house over the companion way and aft
cabin. Coming down the companion, which is
offset to starboard, is a wet locker, then chart
table with two chart drawers and eight drawers
for tools. To port is the head with original A&R
sink, Wilcox-Crittenden Skipper head, and
lockers for towels etc.
Going forward is the main saloon with pilot
berths outboard, L-shaped settee to port and
straight settee to starboard and a mahogany
gimbled, drop-leaf table in center. A Danish,
Reflecks type 60M, diesel heater is on the aft
port bulkhead and its chimney exits through the
head to keep the head warm. Forward are two
hanging lockers and a bureau.
Forward of the Saloon is the Galley across the
width of the boat. Eno France propane stove and
soapstone sink to port. The propane is carried
in two 20 lb aluminum bottles on deck behind the
mast and controlled by a manual shut off valve
over the cook’s head. The original A&R stainless
steel ice box, capacity 300 lb of ice, is to
starboard. Fresh and saltwater taps are supplied
by foot pumps. The mainmast runs through the
middle of the galley and provides support for
the cook.
Forward of the Galley is the Fo’c’stle with a
pilot berth to port and a bench, to starboard,
that can be use as an extra bunk. The Fo’c’stle
has a hanging locker and 7 drawers.
Forward of the Fo’c’stle is the Forepeak which
is used for ground tackle storage.
Aft of the companion is the owners cabin,
private and with a double bunk to starboard, a
single to port. It has two hanging lockers, a
bureau and four large drawers and three other
lockers.
Ground tackle:
IMPALA has three anchors, 106 lb CQR, 66 lb
Bruce and 45 lb CQR. She has three chain rodes,
2 @ 3/8” x 20 ft and one @ 7/16” x 40 ft. She
has four nylon rodes 5/8” x 120 feet and two
nylon rodes at 3/4” x 120 ft.
Equipment:
IMPALA races in Category 0 ocean races and is
generally so equipped, including:
Givens Offshore deluxe canister 8-man liferaft,
with insulated bottom, new 2008.
2 MOM VIII man overboard modules by Survival
Tech
Man overboard bouy.
8 inflatable life preservers, 4 kapok
preservers, harnesses and tethers.
Avon inflatable dinghy with
8hp Evinrude outboard.
Comments:
In 1954, three institutions, the CCA rating
rule, the Sparkman and Stephens design firm, and
the Abeking and Rasmussen building yard, all
three in their ascendancy, came together to
create IMPALA, a boat that even then, when most
all sailboats were beautiful, was considered a
particular beauty.
S & S designed IMPALA in the tradition of STORMY
WEATHER and their long line of full keel ocean
racers. She is a bit beamier, and wider aft,
than many of her sisters. She is also a little
shallower-- drawing 7’8” rather than the
customary 8’ to 8 1/2’. She is flush decked with
a small house aft. Her interior is reminiscent
of an Alden--off center companionway, owner’s
cabin aft, and galley forward. A & R built her
to a high standard in double-planked mahogany.
During her present ownership of 22 years IMPALA
has been restored to like new condition. Her
hull, deck, rigging, interior cabinetry, and all
systems have been taken apart, restored and
renewed. She keeps her original layout and
style. Her systems are simple and robust.
IMPALA has been cruised extensively (65,000
miles) for the past 22 years. She is kept ready
for sea. She is carefully stowed with the
necessary gear and spares in good working order.
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