Development | |
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Designer | Bruce Nelson and Bruce Marek |
Location | United States |
Year | 1985 |
No. built | 3 |
Builder(s) | W. D. Schock Corp |
Role | IOR racer |
Name | Schock 34 GP |
Boat | |
Displacement | 8,500 lb (3,856 kg) |
Draft | 6.50 ft (1.98 m) |
Hull | |
Type | monohull |
Construction | fiberglass |
LOA | 33.83 ft (10.31 m) |
LWL | 28.60 ft (8.72 m) |
Beam | 11.58 ft (3.53 m) |
Engine type | Yanmar 2GM20 18 hp (13 kW) diesel engine |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 3,220 lb (1,461 kg) |
Rudder(s) | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
I foretriangle height | 44.10 ft (13.44 m) |
J foretriangle base | 13.00 ft (3.96 m) |
P mainsail luff | 40.00 ft (12.19 m) |
E mainsail foot | 14.00 ft (4.27 m) |
Sails | |
Sailplan | masthead sloop |
Mainsail area | 280.00 sq ft (26.013 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 286.65 sq ft (26.631 m2) |
Total sail area | 566.65 sq ft (52.644 m2) |
The Schock 34 GP (Grand Prix) is an American sailboat that was designed by Bruce Nelson and Bruce Marek as an International Offshore Rule racer and first built in 1985. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The boat is a lightweight racing development of the Schock 34 PC with an 1,850 lb (839 kg) lighter hull and a 2 ft (0.61 m) taller mast. [1] [2] [6] [7]
The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States. Only three boats were built, all in 1985 and it is now out of production. [1] [2] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The Schock 34 GP is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. 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 8,500 lb (3,856 kg) and carries 3,220 lb (1,461 kg) of lead ballast. [1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 6.50 ft (1.98 m) with the standard keel. [1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GM20 diesel engine of 18 hp (13 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal) and the fresh water tank also has a capacity of 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal). [1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 7.17 kn (13.28 km/h). [2]
In a 1987 review in Yachting magazine Chris Caswell wrote, "Pick the 34-GP (Grand Prix), and you get everything Nelson/Marek has learned about winning ocean races: a low-profile cabin, wide cockpit bisected by a husky traveler, dotted with two-speed winches and swept by along tiller, a tall double-spreader rig, and a stark interior best suited for young men intent on winning races and nothing else. Scott Allan won YACHTING’s Block Island Race Week with an early 34-GP, and Dave Ullman has been tearing up the West Coast, including the prestigious Whitney Series, with another." [5]
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