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 1,850 lb (839 kg) heavier hull and a 2 ft (0.61 m) shorter mast.^[1][2][6][7]

Production

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]}

Design

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 10,350 lb (4,695 kg) and carries 3,850 lb (1,746 kg) of ballast.^[1][2][5]

The boat has a draft of 6.50 ft (1.98 m) with the standard fin keel and 4.50 ft (1.37 m) 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 7.18 kn (13.30 km/h).^[2]

Operational history

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]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Related development

• Schock 34 GP

References

External links

• Photo of a Schock 34 PC