My Sponsors

My Current Sponsors Are :-

Mistral since 1976 have been one of the leading brands in windsurfing and in the early 80's through to the mid to late 90's virtually every board sold by Mistral was a test winner and every windsurfer aspired to own a Mistral board as it was the Rolls Royce of boards. I myself had a succession of Mistral boards while racing in the early 90's as they were the best out there. More recently they lost their way a bit until  the legendary Anders Bringdal took over the company. Now with Anders at the helm they will be re-installed amongst the best brands out there and i am stoked to now be part of this. 

KA Sails are a Australian sail company that deliver the best possible sail at the best possible price. The KA Koncept production slalom/speed sail has recorded speeds at over 50 knots at Sandy Point in Australia. They are now a member of the PWA so the rest of the world will now see what great sails these are on the PWA World Tour.

Chinook have been designing and manufacturing innovative parts for windsurfing for over 20 years. The Chinook one-piece fin/mast box and clamp-on boom head are just a few of the original designs that have advanced windsurfing to where it is today. Chinook takes pride in the fact that they design and manufacture their products in the USA which enables them to offer the best designed and best built products available.

Vector Fins Maui are a fin company based in Maui. While they are located on the most distant island chain in the world they are at the center of fin technology. The availability of the worlds best sailors, makes testing and development, a continuing work in progress. Worldwide sailors are using Vector Fins for all types of sailing and surfing. From speed to waves, and slalom and formula. Fins are computer designed and milling is done on a three axxis CNC machine. They were founded in 1998 by Jeff Fagerholm who is a very experienced slalom sailor and winner of the Maui race series

Windsurfingfins.co.uk is the brainchild of Dave Gollick a windsurfer for the past 30 years. This website is dedicated to fins. He felt that there is alot of hype surrounding the area and that there is insufficient information available to make a decision let alone choice in product. many windsurfers treat the fin as a second class citizen concentrating on the board and sail and not considering the fin choice and whether it is suitable for the board they are using. He know that alot of windsurfers would have thought of this but there is still a large compliment of windsurfers uneducated towards this subject. Dave has been working with all the major brands to bring the consumer the ability to make a informed choice. Dave's range of fins covers all varieties from Waves to Slalom, Formula and Speed fins. The fins designers work with various materials from CNC machined G10 to the more expensive custom carbon lay ups. Dave has tried to consider all abilities and needs from the weekend sailor right up to the pro.

My Current Equipment

SAILS

For Longboard, Slalom and Speed i use the 5.5m, 6.3m, 7.1m, 7.9m, 8.7m KA Race

For Wave Sailing i use the 5.8m KA Kult and 5.0m, 4.2m KA Killer Wave Sails

BOARDS

For Longboard Sailing i use a Mistral Equipe 2 with my 8.7m KA Koncept

For Slalom and Lightwind Speed i use the following -

2013 Mistral Slalom 137 with my 7.9m, 8.7m KA Race

2013 Mistral Slalom 112 with my 6.3m, 7.1m and 7.9m KA Race

2011 Mistral Screamer 95 with my 5.5m, 6.3m and 7.1m KA Race

For Speed Sailing i use the Following -

2013 Mistral Speed 95 with my 6.3m, 7.1m and 7.9m KA Race

2013 Mistral Speed 73 with my 5.5m, 6.3m KA Race

2015 Mistral Speed 63 with my 5.5m KA Race

For Wavesailing and Bump and Jump i use the following -

2011 Mistral Joker Wave 95 with my 4.2m and 5.0m KA Killer and 5.8m KA Kult

FINS

For Light Wind Slalom and Raceboard i use Vector Fins Maui Canefire G10 and Carbon Fins (50cm to 40cm)

For Medium to High Wind Slalom i use Vector Fins Maui Rockit, Vector Fins Maui Carbon Volt and Vector Fins Maui SL9 Alfa Fins (30cm to 40cm)

For Speed Sailing i use Vector Fins Maui EX Speed Fins (24cm to 30cm), Vector Fins Maui Delta Speed Fins (21cm to 29cm), Vector Fins Maui Raven Asymmetric Speed (20cm to 22cm) and KA Assymetric Speed Fins (20cm to 23cm)

For Wavesailing I use Vector Maui Fins Onshore Wave fins (22cm to 26cm)

Booms, Masts, Mast Extensions and Mast Bases

I Use The Following:-

Chinook Carbon Booms,

KA 100% Carbon SDM (400, 430, 460, 490, 520) and RDM Masts (370, 400, 430, 460)

Chinook Aluminium Extensions and Chinook Mast Bases

FOR FITNESS WORK WHEN NOT WINDSURFING

I Use

A Kona Hoss Mountain Bike on the Road

And A Kona Dawg Primo Full Suspension Mountain Bike for Off Road

Website Links

LINKS

· KA Sails European Importer

· Ka Sails

· Starboard

· Chinook

· Pro Motion wetsuits

· Vector Maui Fins

· Wind & Wave

· K Bay Custom Boards

· GPS Speedsurfing

· Boards Magazine

· Boardseeker Magazine

· Windsurfing Ireland

· UKWA Windsurfing Association

· Weymouth Speedweek

· Irish Speedsailing Home

· Irish Slalom Series

· Irish Windsurfing Association

· International Speed Association

Weather Forcast / Swell Forcast and Tide Info Links

· BBC Weather

· BBC Pressure Charts

· Big Salty Weather Forcasts

· Buoy Weather

· IR wind

· Met Eireann

· Met Office

· Ocean Weather

· Offshore Buoy Data

· Tide Tables

· Swell Forcast

· West Ireland Wave Forcast

· Windfinder

· Windguru

· X C Weather

My Results

CURRENT GPS PERSONAL RECORDS

Max GPS (Display) – 41.22 Knots

Max 2 Second (Software) – 41.06 Knots

Max 10 Second Run – 40.35 Knots

100m Run – 40.83 Knots

250m Run – 39.80 Knots

500m Run – 35.60 Knots

Average Speed – 37.19 Knots
Nautical Mile - 19.43 Knots

Formula Average Speed – 19.04

2012

2012 Evaluated Speed Ranking Ireland, GPS-Speedsurfing

5x10 Second Average - 2nd Overall
100m Run - 2nd Overall
250m Run - 2nd Overall
500m Run -  2nd Overall
Max 10 Second Run  - 2nd Overall
Max 2 Second Software - 2nd Overall


UK National Speedsailing Championships

October 2012 46th Overall (24th Overall Gold Fleet) Weymouth Speed Week, Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom

UKWA Inland Championships

2012 23rd Overall, 1st Raceboard Unlimited Fleet, 4th Master UKWA Inland Championships

July 2012 27th Overall, 2nd Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (6th Master), UKWA Inlands Round 4, Whitwell SC, Rutland, Whitwell, Epingham, Oakham, United Kingdom

June 2012 21st Overall, 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (4th Master) UKWA Inlands Round 3, Oxford Sailing Club, Farmoor Reservoir, Farmoor, Oxford, United Kingdom

April 2012 17th Overall, 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (5th Master) UKWA Inlands Round 1, Northampton Sailing Club, Pitsford Reservoir, Brixworth, Northants, United Kingdom

Midlands Raceboard Series

2012 9th Overall, 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet, 3rd Master Midland Region Championships

July 2012 7th Overall, 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (3rd Master), Midlands Region Round 5, Whitwell SC, Rutland, Whitwell, Epingham, Oakham, United Kingdom


April 2012 7th Overall, 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (3rd Master) Midlands Region Round 2, Northampton Sailing Club, Pitsford Reservoir, Brixworth, Northants, United Kingdom

March 2012 7th Overall, 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (2nd Master), Midlands Region Round 1 Hollowell Sailing Club, Hollowell, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Long Distance Events

July 2012 24th Overall, 1st Raceboard Unlimited Rutland Marathon, Whitwell SC, Rutland, Whitwell, Epingham, Oakham, United Kingdom

April 2012 19th Overall, 7th Silver Fleet, Round Hayling Marathon, Hayling Island, Hampshire, United Kingdom

2011

2011 Evaluated Speed Ranking Ireland, GPS-Speedsurfing

5x10 Second Average - 3rd Overall
100m Run - 3rd Overall
250m Run - 3rd Overall
500m Run - 3rd Overall
Max 10 Second Run  - 3rd Overall
Max 2 Second Software - 3rd Overall

Irish National Speedsailing Championships

2011 6th Overall Gold Fleet (Men's Division) (5th Master) Irish National Speed Championships

November 2011 8th Overall (5th Master) 6th Round Irish National Speedsailing Championships, Dungarven, County Waterford, Ireland

October 2011 5th Overall (4th Master) 5th Round Irish National Speedsailing Championships, Ladies Island, County Wexford & Dungarven, County Waterford, Ireland

September 2011 3rd Overall (3rd Master) 4th Round Irish National Speedsailing Championships, Burrow Beach, County Dublin, Ireland

UKWA Inland Championships

2011 10th Overall, 1st Raceboard Unlimited Fleet, 3rd Master UKWA Inland Championships

September 2011 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (3rd Master), UKWA Inlands Round 5, Oxford Sailing Club, Farmoor Reservoir, Farmoor, Oxford, United Kingdom

July 2011 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (4th Master), UKWA Inlands Round 4, Whitwell SC, Rutland, Whitwell, Epingham, Oakham, United Kingdom

June 2011 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (4th Master), UKWA Inlands Round 3, Whitwell SC, Rutland, Whitwell, Epingham, Oakham, United Kingdom

May 2011 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (2nd Master), UKWA Inlands Round 2, Derwent Reservoir, County Durham, United Kingdom

2010

2010 Evaluated Speed Ranking Ireland, GPS-Speedsurfing

5x10 Second Average - 9th Overall
100m Run - 7th Overall
250m Run - 7th Overall
500m Run - 6th Overall
Max 10 Second Run  - 7th Overall
Max 2 Second Software - 7th Overall

Speed World Cup

2010 69th Overall World Ranking (196 Competitors) Speed World Cup

October 2010 35th Gold Fleet Weymouth Speed Week, Portland, Dorset United Kingdom

Irish National Speedsailing Championships

2010 4th Overall Gold Fleet (Men's Division) (3rd Master) Irish National Speed Championships

October 2010 4th Overall (1st Master) 5th Round Irish National Speedsailing Championships, Ladies Island, County Wexford, Ireland

April 2010 5th Overall (3rd Master) 3rd Round Irish National Speedsailing Championships, Brandon Bay, Ireland

UKWA Inland Championships & Cup Series

2010 17th Overall, 2nd Raceboard Unlimited Fleet, 4th Master UKWA Inland Championships

October 2010 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (4th Master), UKWA Inlands Round 5, Whitwell SC, Rutland, Whitwell, Epingham, Oakham, United Kingdom

September 2010 1st Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (7th Master), UKWA Cup 5, Christchurch, Dorset, United Kingdom

September 2010 2nd Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (5th Master), UKWA Inlands Round 4, Oxford Sailing Club, Farmoor Reservoir, Farmoor, Oxford, United Kingdom

June 2010 3rd Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (9th Master), UKWA Inlands Round 3, Whitwell SC, Rutland, Whitwell, Epingham, Oakham, United Kingdom

April 2010 2nd Overall Raceboard Unlimited Fleet (5th Master), UKWA Inlands Round 1, Northampton Sailing Club, Pitsford Reservoir, Brixworth, Northants, United Kingdom

2009

2009 Evaluated Speed Ranking Ireland, GPS-Speedsurfing

5x10 Second Average - 5th Overall
100m Run - 4th Overall
250m Run - 4th Overall
500m Run - 5th Overall
Max 10 Second Run  - 4th Overall
Max 2 Second Software - 5th Overall


Speed World Cup

2009 102nd Overall World Ranking (272 competitors) Speed World Cup

November 2009 19th Overall Speed World Cup European Championships

Irish National Speedsailing Championships

2009 4th Overall (3rd Master) Irish National Speed Championships

October 2009 6th Overall (5th Master) 4th Round Irish National Speed Championships, Belmullet, Ireland

October 2009 10th Overall (6th Master) 2nd Round Irish National Speed Championships, Belmullet, Ireland

April 2009 6th Overall (4th Master) 1st Round Irish National Speed Championships, Belmullet, Ireland

2008

Speed World Cup

2008 60th Overall World Ranking (367 competitors) Speed World Cup

Irish National Speedsailing Championships

October 2008 7th Overall (3rd Master) Irish National Speed Championships, Dungarvan, Ireland,

2007

August 2007 4th Master Irish National Championships, Downing’s, Donegal

1999

1999 2nd place Slalom Series, run by Focus Windsurfing, Castlegreggory, County Kerry, Ireland

1998

1998 3rd place Slalom Series, run by Focus Windsurfing, Castlegreggory, County Kerry, Ireland

1997

1997 3rd place Slalom Series, run by Focus Windsurfing, Castlegreggory, County Kerry, Ireland

1990

August 1990 2nd Newcomer U19 National Championships, Weymouth, England

1989

1989 1st Youth North East Windsurfing Series (England)

1988

1988 1st Youth North East Windsurfing Series (England)

1987

1987 1st Youth North East Windsurfing Series (England)

1986

1986 1st Junior North East Windsurfing Series (England)

My Profile

Name – Alastair Nichol

Sail Number – IRL-250

Date of Birth – 18/07/1972

Sponsors – KA Sails, Mistral, Chinook, Vector Maui Fins, Windsurfingfins.co.uk & Rockerline Clothing

Likes – Speed sailing and light wind cruising on my Raceboard

Dislike – When it is windy, I'm stuck in work and used up all my Sick Days, I hate it

Favourite Spots –

Burrow Beach, County Dublin, Ireland.
Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland.

La Franqui, France.
Weymouth, England,
Southend, England

West Kirby, England and the
The Gorge, Oregon, USA

Background -

I have been windsurfing since I was 12 and my favourite disciplines are Raceboard and Speed and I still love the sport as much as I did when I first discovered it. I have been participating in GPS Speed sailing scene since invested in my first GPS unit. Now i have broken the 40 knot barrier with a peak speed of 41.22 knots, in the coming future I have set myself the goal of achieving 40 plus 500m and 5x10 second average speed and pushing my top speed over 43.5 knots (50mph). Now being involved with KA Sails, Mistral, Chinook and Vector Maui Fins I am sure I will achieve this goal.