Welcome to the wonderful world of Santana Sailing!

The W.D. Schock Santana 2023 is just plain fun to sail! Basically in production from 1992 to 1998, they borrow many modified parts from the great Santana 23 and one obvious difference, the addition of a water ballast tank. This design turns out to make it one of the best trailerable 23 foot boats around and it is found in three different models; the "A", "C", and "R".

The factory has since put the molds aside but will still produce the popular C model if four or more are ordered at one time.

Many modifications are listed below. Some were made by the owners, some with the factory's assistance, some from borrowed ideas, a few from necessity, and lot's from just plain personal preferences!

*Note: A great forum to read up-on and talk to other Santana / Schock owners, is located on part of the Trailer Sailor web site. It includes people's questions, answers, comments, and general talk. You'll find that I've collected just about every boat WD Schock made and put them within the "Factory Information" locker.

Contained within these "hulls" are many projects and thoughts that you might use on your boat. If you do, great! If you have a better or new idea for something, (whatever make or model boat you have), pass the word to "webcaptain1@yahoo.com".

Look through all the "lockers" below. If you wish I've put a free search engine below to help you find things.

For those with different WD Schock made models, I've listed just about every model sailboat that W.D. Schock ever made! Should you have more information I could include, send it to me!

Lockers
Accessories For that real nautical sound, download and place Ship's Bell on your Mickeysoft computer! It's a tiny program and really a great thing to have! How it works: After loading it, you can set it up to chime out every half hour on the 29th and 59th minute of each hour. For those who leave their computer on all night, you can silence the night time bells. I'm not a computer puke so I really don't know but I'd guess the small program runs way down in the registry because it runs even after shutting the lid on my laptop, as long as you don't shut everything down. Should you have any trouble downloading it, contact me directly. It was a free down load several years back, since then I can't find it anywhere on the Internet. It really should be something built in all computers just because it's so neat! *Boat naming stickers *Oil/Gas spill eaters *Inexpensive sailing gloves *Make a flag staff *Cheap or quality stainless screws *US flag holidays *Clips *Environmentally safe cleaners
Above Deck *Cockpit Drains *Hatch Boards (Maybe a new fad!) *Put an anchor up front *Bungee wraps *New Cleats *Through Bolts *Cockpit Storage Seat *Non-skid UV Protection *Pulley Springs	Below Deck *Cabin example *Fun with the Carpet! *Inner HIN revealed *Safe & inexpensive hooks to hang things on, (plus boathook paddle) *Slop Catchers - Three way to do it. *Hatch Marking *Search-out a damp floor
Electrical *120 Volts AC - Shore Power *Mast Wires from Below *Navigation Lights *Routing the Wires *Antenna on Mast & A Comment on Lightening Strikes *Garmin GPS-sounder *Mast mounted VHF antenna & anchor light wires *Battery and Charging	Engine *Water Pump Kit *My Johnson 9.9HP outboard *Mounting & padding an outboard *Fuel Storage *My electric start outboard - Wiring *Portable motor mount on land *Johnson 9.9 Four Stroke - Specs *Basic Four Stroke
Factory Information *Not just 2023's but a little something on every W. D. Schock Boat made, (with exception to specialities). Most have pictures, information, construction dates, quantites, and PHRF. *Near the bottom of each model's page I'm starting to build a list of owners that you could contact for questions and/or chat.	Games!!! *(You must BACK out of the games to return here!) 1) Battleship GameTraditional Fun Stuff! 2) PWC Blaster! Vent your frustrations or just pass the time away. (Never ending game!)
Hull, and Water Ballast Tank *Hull Information *Rudy's WB Fix *Water Ballast Valve Modification *Why Santana 2023 water ballast tanks normally don't spill? *Lower water ballast seal *Water Ballast Tank Examination A) General Thoughts B) Mastpole Support *Positive floatation chamber thoughts	Humor (Did you hear the one about...?) *Talk like a pirate translator web site. (Type or paste a paragraph. It all works!)
Keel *Centerboard Piviot Pin Swing Keel Pivot Pin *Swing Keel Lifting Line Maintenance, or the $10 Hour *Centerboard / Swing-keel Alert! *Centerboard/swing-keel Mod. #1 *Centerboard/swing-keel Mod. #2	Inspection List *Big list of inspections
Owners Santana 2023 This page has a listing of Santana 2023 owners. For other model owners, click-on the "Factory Information" section above, then under the type of boat. I'm just starting but you might find someone you're looking for near the bottom of that page.	Places and Announcements *Santana 2023 Fun Sail *Higgins Lake, Michigan - 9/6/2003 *Brookville Bash, IN - 7/13/2002 *Lake Mead, AZ - 10/31/2000 *Monterey, CA - 10/17/2000 *W.D. Schock Invitationals *Simple observations from me. - 10/4/2000
Parts List	Rigging and Mast *Alternative Spreader Assembly *Mast Support / Base Rebedding *Spreader Ends *Spreader tip UV protection *Sheet purchase attachment - 2:1 *Lower Shroud Setup (ball-end fix) *Mast base improvement *Upper Forestay Through-bolt *Basic cable data for my tall A-model *Sheet clamps *Gooseneck improvements - several methods *Line cleaning *Upper forestay mast slot *A-model & C-model mast comments *Easy jib removal *Mast's lower shroud attachment *Mast through bolt warning *Spreader bar warning *Coated cable warning *Harkens furler-line warning
Rudder, Tiller *Proper use of rudder *Half Mast (rudder) *Improve your rudder pin lock *Rudder post hole inspection *Protect your rudder in shallows *Tiller pinch through-bolt improvement *Rudder blade inspection *Modifying Rudder and Clamp *Tiller backup *Jam-cleat	Sail Power *Dimensions for my '94 Tall A model - Sails - Line - Battens *Make an outhaul *Outhaul tips *Mainsail batten improvement *Boom roller *Is there more?
Sailing and tweaking *Why Move a Jib Fairlead Fore or Aft? *General Sailboat Comment *Basic sail technique - (Roundup Time!) *Topping lift thoughts	Set-up, Take-down *Almost ready! *Turnbuckles - "George's Dual Boot" *Mast raising & seasonal alignment - (Tuning the mast) *Quick rudder pin *Mast crutch modification *Spreader bar warning
Trailering Information *General trailer information *Red Flag and Legal Lighting *Watch those Impact wrenches! *Basic hitch information *Electrical plug pin-out information *Ground wire *Bearing - Seal - Spring data	Trailer Mod's *Spare Tire *Bunk Support Brace *Tongue Extension (Are you Kidding?) *Bumper Pad *Improve axle clearance *Save your gelcoat - (pad the trailer) *Non-skid coating on trailer *Label trailer - Tip *Tie down straps & trailer flex thought
Weather Information *Great Lakes plus lake levels *Intellicast *Accu Weather *WeatherNet *Weather Underground - Michigan portion *Selfridge Air National Guard Base - (Borders Lk St. Clair, MI)	X-tra's 1) Alife of an A! 2) Links *How to tie knots *Past Lives - Sailing *How to wire your trailer *Ray's Santana 2023 Projects *W.D. Schock factory site *Trailer Sailor BBS - Chat with other small boat owners 3) Santana 2023 Owner's Manual NOTE: This was origionally written back in 1992 using the stock data. For example using a standard 27' mast and a rudder-hung mast crutch.. Appearently no attempts were made by the factory to update the data for any later modifications. Some corrections were made but generally what you read is what was printed in the manual. 4) The makings of a 2023! Do you have a special folder for Santana things? Use the tiny 2023 seen here. (Contact me if you have troubles getting it.)

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