| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Bruce Marek |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1990 |
| No. built | 4 |
| Builder(s) | Geraghty Marine W. D. Schock Corp |
| Role | Racer |
| Name | Schock 55 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 18,500 lb (8,391 kg) |
| Draft | 10.00 ft (3.05 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 55.00 ft (16.76 m) |
| LWL | 44.00 ft (13.41 m) |
| Beam | 12.50 ft (3.81 m) |
| Engine type | inboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fin keel |
| Ballast | 8,300 lb (3,765 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | internally-mounted spade-typerudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 63.00 ft (19.20 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 19.50 ft (5.94 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 56.00 ft (17.07 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 21.75 ft (6.63 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional riggedsloopmasthead sloop |
| Mainsail area | 609.00 sq ft (56.578 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 614.25 sq ft (57.066 m2) |
| Total sail area | 1,223.25 sq ft (113.644 m2) |
TheSchock 55, also called theNelson Marek 55, is an Americansailboat that was designed byBruce Marek of the design firmNelson Marek, as aracer and first built in 1990.[1][2][3][4]
The design was initially built byGeraghty Marine, who built two boats as the Nelson Marek 55, and then byW. 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 racingkeelboat, built predominantly offiberglass, with wood trim. It has amasthead sloop rig, araked stem, a sharplyreverse transom, an internally mounted spade-typerudder controlled by awheel and a fixed finkeel. It displaces 18,500 lb (8,391 kg) and carries 8,300 lb (3,765 kg) of ballast.[1][2]
The boat has a draft of 10.00 ft (3.05 m) with the standard keel.[1][2]
The design has ahull speed of 8.89 kn (16.46 km/h).[2]
In a 1991 review inCruising 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]