Yeah, explain that to the guy spending $50k to make it his own. That was a big "thing" with most of the Offshore boats, especially Powerplay as they had some of the best paint schemes in the industry at one time - just a sign of the times and only limited to your imagination.


If you tried to "paint" it out and keep the base theme, it would be a difficult task to get color and blending to match.

Dan was finishing today's boats with tommorow's deposits........like a ponzi scheme, they eventually can't keep up the cash flow!

Yes he built great boats but today they are dinosaurs and for what it would cost for a new 33/38 new he wouldn't have many takers.

I like both of these 38's and if money was no object I would buy one, repaint to match the black boat and power with a pair of Merc 860's and #6's.......Then I would buy the other, paint it all white with a Powerplay script on the side and rig it with triple 400's..............game over, you have two of the ultimate 38's for any occasion!

Darn, for a moment this sounded like a Pantera thread

Sadly both companies had a lot of the same issues......and would suffer from the same issues if someone tried to resurrect the brands today.

Yes, a dinosaur just like it's smaller sibling that won't spin out, get out of shape, won't flip over, won't rattle apart when running offshore (as these boats are supposed to do), behave predictably, run respectably fast, rigged flawlessly, attention to detail, and look great...maybe considering some of the recent threads around here we need more of these dinosaurs.

I'd take a 28, 33 or 38 dinosaur any day of the week!

I meant from a business standpoint they would be a hard sell as new boats today.........from an ownership standpoint I don't think they built a better boat! People want more bling, more comfort features, more performance, etc.

I did see a forum post once that someone wanted a 33 Powerplay CC and since the cockpit wasn't self bailing it was a deal breaker. I thought to myself it is a narrow beam go fast center console, not a purpose built fishing boat!

the 38 seemed to run good with all different types of power in it and drives... outboards , diesel/ arneson bravos, and sixes.. not many boats you can rigg with all those combinations and get good results

maybe I am old school, but would rather have well built and simple then all the bling and other bs.

Spot On....
It amazes me every time I see a post about how the Cigarette or Outerlimits is over-priced, think again.
These companies are barely in business.