Ched Broc - Sailmaking Services

Ched Broc - Sailmaking Services ๐ŸŒŠ Sail designer since 1993
๐ŸŒŠ European Sales Coordinator for Challenge Sailcloth
๐ŸŒŠ Sail consultant - Racing sailor

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฃ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ซ๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฐ๐ŸญSuper Series GP is a ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ designed for the most demanding clie...
17/04/2026

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฃ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ซ๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ

Super Series GP is a ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ designed for the most demanding clients and applications.

The only consideration when designing this line is that it would to be ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ and additionally for ๐˜‚๐—ฝ-๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—”.

Nice pictures on board this Italian XR 41 of a ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฃ.

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿš€A visit to our new ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ located in France, near Nantes airport. This fac...
17/04/2026

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿš€

A visit to our new ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ located in France, near Nantes airport.
This facility will help us ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ in general.
Managed by a logistics company, we should see ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.
In addition, our ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ will help us ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต.

๐—” ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜Sven is the owner of ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ a passionate sailor and sailmaker, who has ...
30/03/2026

๐—” ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜

Sven is the owner of ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ a passionate sailor and sailmaker, who has dedicated his life to the development of high-performance Catamaran sails.

During this meeting we talk about Challenge Sailcloth products such has ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ 06 and 09 a film film UPE product dedicated to the dinghy and multihull dinghy markets. โ›ต๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐—” ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ about sailing tactics, after the one he wrote on the art of trimming sails. โ›ต๐Ÿ“˜ John is not...
23/03/2026

๐—” ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ about sailing tactics, after the one he wrote on the art of trimming sails. โ›ต๐Ÿ“˜

John is not only an author, since 1983 John has been building cruising and racing sails in his loft.

His son Manos Kakitsis joined the company in 2015, bringing a new era to Kakitsis Sails.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›-๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด ๐—บ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€.Pictures here is a class spinn...
16/03/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›-๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด ๐—บ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€.

Pictures here is a class spinnaker made from Challenge Sailcloth's Super Series Nylon.

This sail was developed from OD keelboat spinnaker moulds. (Etchells, Monotype 7.50, Dragon)

๐—” ๐˜๐—ฎl๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ›ตJohn and his son Patroklos have been affiliated with the Qua...
16/03/2026

๐—” ๐˜๐—ฎl๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ›ต

John and his son Patroklos have been affiliated with the Quantum Sails group since 1999 and continue to manufacture sails in their Athens loft.

A 1,000 mยฒ floor space including a laser cutting table.

Kokkotas, Challenge Sailcloth distributor, is a preferred partner of Quantum Sails Greece.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป โ›ตHere are some images of a code zero designed for a Norwegian Contessa 35.The sail,...
09/03/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป โ›ต

Here are some images of a code zero designed for a Norwegian Contessa 35.

The sail, made from Challenge Sailcloth's Baltic UAX, is optimised for offshore use where swell must be taken into account, with therefore more pronounced entry profiles.


๐—š๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฃ โ›ตโ€œAt the invitation of Kokkotas, the Challenge Sailcloth distributor in Greece, I had the opportun...
09/03/2026

๐—š๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฃ โ›ต

โ€œAt the invitation of Kokkotas, the Challenge Sailcloth distributor in Greece, I had the opportunity to visit more than ten sailmakers based between Thessaloniki, Lefkada and Athens. It was a chance for me to present the new Challenge Sailcloth products for the current year.โ€

โ„๏ธ๐—” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป -๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎยฐ๐—–! As every years I have attended the Helsinki Boat Show, a must-visit event forfinland sailo...
02/03/2026

โ„๏ธ๐—” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป -๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎยฐ๐—–!

As every years I have attended the Helsinki Boat Show, a must-visit event forfinland sailors.

Some Finnish sail loftexhibit, so it was a great moment to talk about the latest Challenge Sailcloth innovation and new products.

A very inspiring experience despite the freezing temperatures!โ›ต๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜s ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ โ€“๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ปฬ๐˜€๐—ธ !โ›ต๏ธThe last week I had the pleasure of visiting 6 sail lofts around Gd...
23/02/2026

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜s ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ โ€“๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ปฬ๐˜€๐—ธ !โ›ต๏ธ

The last week I had the pleasure of visiting 6 sail lofts around Gdaล„sk.

A big thank you to the teams for their warm welcome and availability!๐Ÿ™Œ

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