| Schock 34 PC | |
| Designer: | Bruce Nelson and Bruce Marek |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1986 |
| No Built: | 40 |
| Builder: | W. D. Schock Corp |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 6.5feet |
| Displacement: | 103500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 33.83feet |
| Lwl: | 28.67feet |
| Beam: | 11.58feet |
| Engine: | inboard diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 38500NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 44.1feet |
| J: | 13feet |
| P: | 38feet |
| E: | 13.6feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 258.4square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 286.65square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 545.05square feet |
The Schock 34 PC (Performance Cruiser) is an American sailboat that was designed by Bruce Nelson and Bruce Marek as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1986.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The boat is a cruising development of the lightweight racing Schock 34 GP with an 18500NaN0 heavier hull and a 2feet shorter mast.[1] [2] [6] [7]
The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States. A total of 40 boats were built, between 1986 and 1990, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The Schock 34 GP is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass over a balsa core. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 103500NaN0 and carries 38500NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2] [5]
The boat has a draft of 6.5feet with the standard fin keel and 4.5feet with the optional shoal draft wing keel.[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for seven people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a drop-down dinette table and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 7.18kn.[2]
In a 1987 review in Yachting magazine Chris Caswell wrote, "[Instead of the 34-GP], choose the 34-PC (Performance Cruiser), however, and you get the identical hull, with its elliptical keel and balsa coring, but you'd never recognize the two boats as sisters. A full-length cabin, spacious cockpit with wheel steering, and fold-down swim steps make this a Ferrari in Cadillac clothing, lying in wait for some unsuspecting sailor to challenge in an informal afternoon race. One intriguing option is a shoal-draft wing keel, which lops two feet off the draft as well as stiffening the boat up with its ballasted wings. Below, the 34-PC is pure luxury, with a spacious owner's stateroom aft, a private cabin forward with enclosed head, and a teak-lined saloon with twin settees and a large galley."[5]
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