The W. D. Schock Corporation (usually styled W. D. Schock Corp) is an American boat builder originally based in

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, later in

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and currently located in

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. The company was founded by William "Bill" D. Schock in 1958 and specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.

History

Bill Schock built his first boat at age 13, a

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sailing dinghy constructed in the family garage in Hollywood, California. After his time as a crew chief in the military in the Second World War, he returned home to live in a small beach house in Newport Beach and started a boat repair business there. Among his early customers was an amusement park, who had a rental fleet of boats. Schock's first boat built and sold was an International 14 that he intended to sail himself and constructed using a cold-molded wood method. Another sailor saw the boat while it was under construction and bought it from Schock. This led to the formation of the company, initially called ''W. D. Schock Boat Building and Repair''. In 1955 Schock bought out Barney Lehman's company, PlastiGlass and its designs. The first design mass-produced was the Lehman 10 dinghy. The Lehman 14 was updated to become the Lido 14 and proved a commercial success, propelling the company to become one of the biggest boat builders on the US Pacific Ocean coast. In the 1960s Seymour Paul was the company's in-house designer and he drew boats such as the 1960

Catalina Catamaran The Catalina Catamaran is an American catamaran sailboat that was designed by W. D. Schock Corp's in-house designer, Seymour Paul, as a racer and day sailer, It was first built in 1960. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp ...

and the 1969 Santana 21.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 132.

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/ McGraw-Hill, 2010. In the late 1970s the company hired a number of designers to create a series of sailboats in the Santana series. Early designs by

Gary Mull Gary Mull (September 27, 1937 – July 14, 1993) was an American yacht designer who created many popular fiberglass sailboats. Early life and education Gary Mull began his college career with a year at Pomona College as an English major, th ...

include the

Santana 22 The Santana 22 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1966.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 198. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Production The boa ...

in 1966. Yacht designer

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later designed the company's early racing keel-boat line that including the

Santana 25-1 The Santana 25 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class racer and first built in 1973. The boat was Turner's first design.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book o ...

Santana 25-2 The Santana 25 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class racer and first built in 1973. The boat was Turner's first design.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book o ...

in 1973, the commercially successful Santana 20 in 1976 and the

Santana 28 The Santana 28 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1976. The design was developed into the Santana 228 in 1978, after just two years in production. The 228 has a rede ...

in 1978. The

Santana 228 The Santana 228 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1978. The Santana 228 is a development of the Santana 28, which it replaced in production. It uses the same hull d ...

followed in 1978, the

Santana 23 D The Santana 23 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a Sailing (sport), racer-Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1978. It was produced in two versions with different keels and ri ...

the same year, with the

Santana 35 The Santana 35 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a Sailing (sport), racer-Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1978. The design was developed into the Schock 35 in 1984, using the same hull design, but a ...

in 1979,

Santana 23 K The Santana 23 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1978. It was produced in two versions with different keels and rigs.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cru ...

in 1980 and the

Schock 35 The Schock 35 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1984. The design is a development of the Santana 35, with a longer keel and higher mast. Production The design was built by W. ...

in 1984. Eventually Bill Schock passed the company to his son Tom Schock and Tom's wife Jane. Son Steven Schock was also involved in the design of some of the sailboats, drawing and designing the

Harbor 20 The Harbor 20 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. D. Schock Corp's Steve Schock as a day sailer and one design Sailing (sport), club racer. It was first built in 1997. The boat was developed into the lar ...

. In 2011, after 53 years in business, the company was sold to Alexander Vucelic von Raduboj, who became the new president, while Tom Schock remained on the company's board of directors. In 2014, the company was sold to John O'Donnell, who had formerly been the general manager. In 2018 the company was producing four designs, the

Harbor 25 The Harbor 25 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. D. Schock Corp's Steve Schock as a day sailer-Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 2007. The boat is derived from the earlier and smaller Harb ...

Harbor 30 The Harbor 30 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. D. Schock Corp's Steve Schock as a daysailer and Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 2009. The design was a nominee for ''Sailing World's'' Boat of the Year in 2013. Pr ...

and the

US Sabot The US Sabot is an American pram sailboat that was designed by Charles McGregor as a one-design racer and first built in 1939. The design is a development of McGregor's Sabot, based upon the plans published in ''The Rudder'' magazine in 1 ...

. By 2020 the company was only building the Harbor 20.

Boats

Harbor 20 Fleet Championships Start by Don Ramey Logan

Summary of boats built by W. D. Schock Corp: *

Capri 14 The Capri 14 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Barney Lehman and W. D. Schock as a day sailer and first built in 1960. The Capri 14 is a fixed keel development of the 1958 centerboard Lido 14 sailing dinghy and was ...

Endeavor 26 The Endeavor 26 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Bill Lapworth as a racer and day sailer and first built in 1963. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, from 1963 until 1967 with ...

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Harbor 14 The Harbor 14 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Barney Lehman and William D. Schock as a day sailer and first built in 2004. The Harbor 14 is an updated development of the 1960 Capri 14 keelboat, which was, in turn ...

* International 14 *

International 110 The International 110 is an American sailboat that was designed by C. Raymond Hunt as a one-design racer and first built in 1939.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 122-123. Houghton M ...

* International FJ * Lehman 10 * Lehman 12 * Lehman Interclub * Lido 14 *

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Mercury 18 The Mercury 18, sometimes just referred to as a Mercury, is an American sailboat that was designed by Ernest Nunes as a one design racer and first built in 1939. The boat was one of the first one-design sailboat classes designed for plywood ...

* Metcalf *

Naples Sabot The Naples Sabot is an sailing dinghy. The Naples Sabot was designed by Roy McCullough and R.A. Violette and the first two were built in Violette's garage during WW II, although official designs were not made available until 1946. The Naples Sab ...

* New York 36 *

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Polynesian Concept The Polynesian Concept is an American production catamaran sailboat that was designed by Rudy Choy of C/S/K Catamarans, in conjunction with actor Buddy Ebsen. Intended for cruising, it was first built in 1970. Ebsen had built the wooden pro ...

* Santana 20 *

Santana 2023A The Santana 2023 is a family of American trailerable sailboats that was designed by Steve Schock, with models for racing and cruising, first built in 1993.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 199. Internati ...

Santana 2023C The Santana 2023 is a family of American trailerable sailboats that was designed by Steve Schock, with models for racing and cruising, first built in 1993.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 199. Internati ...

Santana 2023R The Santana 2023 is a family of American trailerable sailboats that was designed by Steve Schock, with models for racing and cruising, first built in 1993.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 199. Internati ...

* Santana 21 *

Santana 26 The Santana 26 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. D. Schock Corp's in-house designer, Seymour Paul, as a cruiser and first built in 1971. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, fr ...

Santana 27 The Santana 27 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1967. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by W. D. Schock Corporation in the United States between 1967 and 1974, with 210 b ...

Santana 30/30 The Santana 30/30 is an American sailboat that was designed by Bruce Nelson and Bruce Marek as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer- cruiser and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Seco ...

Santana 37 The Santana 37 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1969. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by W. D. Schock Corporation in the United States, who completed 21 examples between ...

Santana 39 The Santana 39 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and W. Shad Turner and first built in 1972. Production The boat was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States between 1972 and 1979, with 20 examples completed. The ...

Santana 525 The Santana 525 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a one design and International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class racer-cruiser and first built in 1977. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the ...

Schock 22 The Schock 22 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Wendell H. Calkins as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1960. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, sta ...

Schock 23 The Schock 23 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Steven Schock, with a wing keel designed by Finnish engineer Reijo Salminen and first built in 1987.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page ...

Schock 25 The Schock 25 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. D. Schock Corp's in-house designer, Seymour Paul as a day sailer and first built in 1961. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, ...

Schock 34 GP 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. The boat is a lightweight racing development of the Schock 34 PC with a ...

Schock 34 PC 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. The boat is a cruising development of the lightweight racing Schock 34 GP with an ...

Schock 40 The Schock 40 is an American sailboat that was designed by DynaYacht as a racer and first built in 2000. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, starting in 2000, with ten boats built, but it is now out of ...

Schock 41 The Schock 41 Grand Prix is an American sailboat that was designed by William E. Cook as an International Offshore Rule (IOR) racer and first built in 1983. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, from 198 ...

Schock 55 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 Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1990. Production The design was initially built by Geraght ...

* Snipe * Snowbird *

Tartan 27 The Tartan 27 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser- racer and first built in 1961. It is Sparkman & Stephens' design #1617. The design was developed into the Tartan 27 Yawl in 1961 and th ...

* Thistle *

Twitchell 12 The Twitchell 12 is an American sailboat that was designed by Ron Holder as a day sailer for people with limited mobility and first built in 1991. Production The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, from 1991 until 19 ...

Ultimate 20 The Ultimate 20 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jim Antrim and Jeff Canepa as a one design racer and first built in 1994. The design was named ''Sailing World's'' 1995 ''Boat of the Year'' in the PHRF/Sportboat cat ...

Wavelength 24 The Wavelength 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Paul Lindenberg as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1982.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 249. Interna ...

Wavelength 30 The Wavelength 30 is an American sailboat that was designed by Paul Lindenberg as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1980. The Wavelength 30 is a development of the very similar Lindenberg 30, the prototype for which was a boat named ''Wavel ...

Wavelength 35 The Wavelength 35 is an American sailboat that was designed by Paul Lindenberg as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1980. The Wavelength series of boats is named for the prototype Lindenberg 30 which was a boat named ''Wavelength''. Produc ...

References

External links

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