MISTRAL — BUL 1111
Model: Nicholson 345
SamsonovRon Holland
Updated
MISTRAL (BUL 1111) is a Nicholson 345 designed by Ron Holland and built by Samsonov. She has been racing since 2020. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Nicholson 345s. Against a typical Nicholson 345 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
Length
10.49 m
34′ 5″
Beam
3.40 m
Draft
1.97 m
Displacement
7.0 t
Sail area
67 m²
On the podium
Where MISTRAL finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
4
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MISTRAL on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
20th Regatta Cor Caroli Icard202024242321
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats MISTRAL meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (25)
Met too few times for a figure.
MINT MILK (Peterson 25, 4 meetings), WASABI (X-332, 4 meetings), BACK TO BASIX (Xc 42, 4 meetings), UK SAILMAKERS (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), ALBIREO (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), SUNDOWNER (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), IMPALA (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), PHOENIX (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), NIMANA (, 4 meetings), NORD BURGAS (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), FINOOR S (Hallberg Rassy 412, 4 meetings), SMOKE (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), SHIMAZEN (First Class Challenge, 4 meetings), MOWGLI (Sun Fast 32, 4 meetings), BARS (Carter 30, 4 meetings), KALINA (First 29, 4 meetings), WHITE WING (First 211, 4 meetings), AMORE (Van De Stadt 40, 4 meetings), DARINA (Apollo 12, 4 meetings), CASTOR (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), DORADO (Carter 30, 4 meetings), ANA BELLA (Cyclades 50.5, 4 meetings), HYGEIA (Bavaria 46 (Farr), 4 meetings), ELINA (Bavaria Cruiser 34, 4 meetings), TORNADO (Conrad 24, 4 meetings)
How MISTRAL compares with a typical Nicholson 345
Her main 2021 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Nicholson 345s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Nicholson 345; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Nicholson 345 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
MISTRAL in blue, a typical Nicholson 345 dashed.
MISTRAL in blue, a typical Nicholson 345 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Nicholson 345s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Nicholson 345
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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