| Schock 55 | |
| Designer: | Bruce Marek |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1990 |
| No Built: | 4 |
| Builder: | Geraghty Marine W. D. Schock Corp |
| Role: | Racer |
| Draft: | 10feet |
| Displacement: | 185000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 55feet |
| Lwl: | 44feet |
| Beam: | 12.5feet |
| Engine: | inboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 83000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 63feet |
| J: | 19.5feet |
| P: | 56feet |
| E: | 21.75feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 609square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 614.25square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 1223.25square feet |
The Schock 55, also called the Nelson Marek 55, is an American sailboat that was designed by Bruce Marek of the design firm Nelson Marek, as a racer and first built in 1990.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was initially built by Geraghty Marine, who built two boats as the Nelson Marek 55, and then by W. D. Schock Corp, who acquired the molds and also built two boats as the Schock 55, with production running from 1990 to 1991.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The Schock 55 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a sharply reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 185000NaN0 and carries 83000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 10feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 8.89kn.[2]
In a 1991 review in Cruising World by Quentin Warren wrote, "long and lean, carrying a deep keel and a tall rig, the new 55-foot ULDB offered this year by the W.D. Schock Corporation is a striking Bruce Marek design with serious racing potential and a one-design slant."[7]