Schock 35 Buyer's Guide
The Schock 35 is a 35-foot racer-cruiser designed by W. Shad Turner and built by W. D. Schock Corp., a development of the Santana 35 with a longer keel and higher mast. With 83 hulls produced from a 1982 commencement and a refreshed model continuing until 2011, she is a small-series boat now found almost entirely on the used market, where the standard fin keel and the optional shoal-draft wing keel both appear.
Layouts on the Used Market
Used Schock 35s follow one of two keel layouts: the standard fin keel drawing 6.75 feet on 10,000 pounds of displacement with 4,500 pounds of ballast, or the WK wing keel at 5.33 feet drawing on 9,500 pounds with 4,000 pounds of ballast. Both share the same interior — sleeping for six via a bow double V-berth, two main-cabin settees, and two quarter berths aft under the cockpit, with a port-side galley at the companionway and a starboard nav station. The wing-keel version is the one to weigh if you cruise thin water; the fin-keel boat is the stiffer, deeper racer-cruiser.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Spinnakers are commonly fitted, with the symmetrical type noted for downwind work and the asymmetric often seen as a cruising-friendly alternative. Electric winches and autopilots are frequent owner or dealer additions that ease short-handed sailing, while a chartplotter and simplified short-handed rigging show up as less common upgrades. For a buyer, the meaningful clusters are downwind sail handling (spinnaker gear) and helm and winch power (autopilot, electric winches) — the rest is personal kit.
What to Inspect
The Schock 35 is built predominantly of fiberglass with wood trim, and the wood interior details are the obvious age points on a discontinued 1980s-origin design. The shoal-draft wing-keel variant carries less ballast than the fin-keel model, so confirm which keel is fitted and whether the lower 4,000-pound ballast figure matches the wing-keel hull you are surveying. Beyond verifying keel type and the condition of wood trim, the solid-fiberglass hull and tiller-steered spade rudder should be checked as on any 35-year-old performance cruiser, with attention to the rudder bearing and the hull-to-deck interface.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Schock 35s are found in the United States market. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm fin keel versus wing keel and the matching ballast, inspect wood trim and fiberglass condition, and verify any spinnaker or autopilot upgrades are sound. She is a low-production racer-cruiser with real six-berth accommodations and a taller mast than her Santana 35 parent — a niche boat best bought for the sailing she offers, not for fleet size.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Schock 35. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $7,888 | — |
| May 25 | 1 | $24,000 | +204.3% |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $12,500 | -47.9% |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $15,000 | +20.0% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $21,500 | +43.3% |
| Jun 26 | 3 | $20,900 | -2.8% |
Where they're listed
Schock 35 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 4.
Country view
4 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $20,900 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
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