Farrel O'Shea
Farrel O’Shea
Farrel O’Shea born 3 August 1963 is an ex professional windsurfer. He holds the British speed sailing record for all sail powered craft, as recognised by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.[1]
Originally he rose to fame in the mid eighties as a radical wave sailor; the UK’s most media friendly windsurfer of the period, one of the first Europeans to perform the holy grail of windsurfing moves the Front loop. 3 times UK wave sailing vice champion he had successful career in speed sailing between 1986 and 1990.
Farrel has written 3 books on windsurfing, including the global best seller an "Introduction to Windsurfing" in 1988. Persuaded out of retirement by Dave White in 2006 he rejoined the professional ISWC Speed World Cup[2] tour. He broke the prestigious UK 500 m speed sailing record on the 5th march 2008 during the Masters of speed event at St Marie de la Mer, France, achieving 44.34 knots ,ironically beating the previous record held by “Mighty Whitey “ himself.
With a trend towards GPS timing and a global speed ladder, Farrel achieved 2nd fastest speed in 2008, 8th in 2009 and 3rd worldwide in 2010 ,the highest placed UK athlete.[3] He now resides and trains in Abersoch , North Wales . CEO of O’Shea International [4]
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