Those who restore classic yachts help maintain sailing history – from wooden schooners and meter boats to one-designs. Now, a more modern classic has been restored. George Radley Jr. of Cobh, Ireland, has owned the Ron Holland-designed IMP since the ’90s and has just done a major restoration of this famous 1970s IOR winner. Over the decades, the boat has kept her distinctive look with her topsides painted in a rainbow horizontal green bands going from light green to dark green at the waterline. Originally built for San Francisco sailor David Allen in 1977, the boat was a radical design that turned out to be a breakthrough on the IOR scene. Here is a video of IMP sailing off Cork, Ireland, with her new set of UK Sailmakers X-Drive carbon sails.

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K42 One Off design by Birger Kullmann. Yacht of the Year 1999. Cruiser with all sandwich epoxy construction. Wood core hull, foam core deck and backbone. Foam core sandwich interior covered in ash with mahogany trim. Twin owner and guest cabins, circular sofa.  LOA 12,8m, beam 4,0m, displacement 7600kg. Bulb keel and spade rudder. Triple spreader masthead rig. West System Epoxy build, ref. Meade Gougeon. Risor Wooden Boat Festival.

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