Yes It's True This Is The New 23
 

This is the new 23 Powerplay and yes this was at the Atlantic City Boat show.

We want to let know that Powerplay is alive and well and Tom is running the show.

My name Is Scott and I will be helping Powerplay in its return to the market place.

We will be showing the classic 38 Offshore as well as the classic 33Center that will start at $190,000.00 with twin Verado power at the Palm Beach show (March 22 thru 25th). The Powerplay booth will be at the end of Fern Street under the traffic light. We will be doing some market research to find out what deck layouts, options, interiors and motor preference you would like to see. Powerplay will have a large selection of boats from the 23-foot to the 38-foot range.We have the molds for the 33 O/B AND I/O Openfish. The 33 I/O and O/B Sportdeck and of course the 38 I/O Sport deck. All of the Molds are in awesome shape and have been stored in a warehouse since they were bought almost 2 years ago. We know that the 38 and 33 are two of the best running hulls in the industry and we have NO intention of touching the running surface BUT we feel there is a lot of room for improvement/updating that could done to bring the designs into the 21st century. We will not used WOOD in any phase of construction and only the latest and greatest of composites will be used in construction of ANY model.
We have on the drawing board an openfish version of the 38 available with stern drives or outboards. We tested this theory by rigging one of the orginal 38’s with triple 275 Verado’s. We could not have been more impressed! We hope to have this boat completely rigged and ready to run some of the poker runs this spring.

As some of you know Mr. Mason has done all of this before with Midnight Express he is a man who understands what quality is as well as SUPERIOR customer service. We all look forward to his creative thinking and positive momentum that will ensure a top quality product and company. Please look at the photos of the 23 and give us your feedback. She is in a warehouse in Pompano so if anyone is down in Miami for the show and would like to see her in person let me know and I will set up.

If have any questions or are interested in being one of the first to own the next generation Powerplay’s please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Have a great day on the water and we hope to see and meet you all in Palm Beach!

Congradulations and wish ya guys the best of luck................
Jr.

I own a 33' and keep it in Cove Marina, you're welcome out anytime. There's a few other 33s in the area also. Look forward to seeing new stuff from one of the greatest names in offshore powerboats. I just hope he doesn't change the looks, the lines/design are classic and they look as good today as they will tomorrow. Keep us posted.

I look forward to seeing a great come back for PP. :cool:

The boat looks sweet. I had some further questions, I sent you an EMail.

That is good news!

Please don't change the outside look of the 38 I/O or the 33 I/O. In my opinon they are two of the best looking boats in the industry.

Don

Looks great.

When do you plan on building the 38's? Kept the looks the same. Also will Dan help you guys out?I know he was not a good business man but one hell of a builder.

Nice looking powerboat!
Best of luck!!

where'd the 28 molds go?

We have a 28 and a 38....Please keep the looks the same. Got to love the true south florida offshore look.

The 23' looks great. I would think about moving the plastic access hole in the floor or devising a new system. The floor looks too nice to have that panel!

My understanding is the 28 mold is the 33 mold blocked off at the back. I don't think there is a separate mold.

You seem to be about the only one on this board who is hung up on the unfortunate ACCIDENT that happened last month and the Powerplay "integrity" issue. Do us all a favor, stop by and look at any one of ours in person, and I'll guarantee you will stop making these comments. You need to be able to separate an accident from an integrity/structural issue. With this mentality, God forbid someone with a Concept wrecks one - your boating days will be over as you sit home waiting for yours to self destruct while your $150K boat sits on the trailer....

Oh yeah - great news on Powerplay's rebirth by the way! Can't wait to see what transpires with the new company!

Mark...the same thing has happened to many of the top brands. Given the proper set of circumstances, any boat will break...plenty of these type of discussions on this board over the years. Enjoy your Concept, we'll be safely enjoying our PPs.

Now...back to the topic, can't wait to see the new stuff. Any t-shirts or caps available?

I think this is great because I love the 33 PP as some of you have seen me on the PP threads before asking questions.I'm a new boat kinda guy I keep it like new for the time I own a boat and I keep them for some time.So in the future when I'm in the market (sooner rather than later)the 33 will defintly be on my top 3...... 33 PP w/eggbeaters one sweet ride I must say..

And to my knowledge(limited of course) both accident boats were early '90s models before the hull changes.

Great News! Good luck in the new venture! Keep the styling the same!!

Was the 38' triple verado boat, the same that had 250xs, and you swapped power for testing? Thanks, Darren

Hello Darren. Yes it is the same 38. We had to rerig the entire boat for Verado's and we also enlarged the cockpit by almost 2 feet. We are in the process of designing a new cockpit interior and we hope to be up and running by the end of March. Thanks Scott

The 28 mold were sold to someone else at the auction. Power marine sales Maybe?? Scott

Mark the floor material was NOT our first choice either. We have plans to develop a fiberglass inner liner for the cockpit on the 23. On the first one we had to make sure the seat would turn, the arm rest were the correct height, the placement of the gas tank etc. We wanted something other than just carpet for the sole so .... The flexiteak is easy to clean won't mildew or rot and can be replace with carpet if the new buyer would prefer. It will take us a couple three boats to finish the design on the liner but will will offer the sole with whatever material the customer would like. Thanks Scott

Good Morning Indy. What do you and the other menbers think of the tribal look on the side of the 23 for a starting logo??Scott

PPSales, I was also wondering about the teak floor, as I don't think it would be my first choice. As for the sides of the boat, full colors are popular right now. Make the tribal symbol a decal so it can be an option. Do the new PP's have an official logo

To be honest I don't like it. I'm not a tribal fan. If it is for a certain boat fine, but as the company logo I would stick with something more classic that won't be as dated. My .02.

I like the floor and keep your cotton pickin` hands off the 38 mold. The black 38 that was at the Miami show a few years ago had one of the straightest hulls I have ever seen. That, coupled with the clean unclutterd design. Made for a beautifull boat. Please resist the temptation to ''Frankenstein'' another one.

Sweet - glad to hear something is being done with those molds, they were always one of my favorites and are too good of a design to let fade away. Where does / is Tom planning on setting up shop?

And I agree on the logo, not a tribal fan - kinda trendy, go with something a bit more classic and that has some staying power visually.

PPS...I guess I'm with the others in stating that the tribal thing should only be done in vinyl. It seems to be more of a west coast thing and will be a dated design in the not too distant future IMHO. PowerPlay has always been about classic So. FL looks & rugged offshore performance, not trendy west coast fads. I think your target market is more of the traditional east coast rough water mentality buyers. If you take a look at JROMY's boat, it is one of the last PPs made, has contemporary graphics and is stunning to say the least. Not to mention that it's a frickin beast in Long Island Sound :D I'm sure he'll be launching out of Norwalk many times this summer with me. It's cool to see two PPs running out of the harbor :) We'll let you know when we do.

My boat in NYC...Hard to beat these lines!

Here is a close up of the tribal logo we put on the back of the co pilot's seat. Scott

I'd pass on the tribal logo. Powerplay is just what Indy said.

Glad to hear all this news, Just dont mess with the logo.

that font on the seat looks cheap. Keep the powerplay logo that has always been on the website header!

Just my 2 cents!

Logo
 

Sorry Scott, I pass on the new logo also. Unfortunately, we'll always be comparing it to the original one.


Good looking boat though, can't wait to see the bigger ones.

Mike
'96 - 33 Sportdeck

I still love the old logo...

That 38 boat is awesome. As to the new logo, I honestly prefer the old logo, it blends more with the mystic of the PP legend. I do like tribals but the one's on your new logo make the boat appear inexpensive, and most of us are aware how well PP are built... just my take on it. Jeff

I like both old logos as Cowisl has posted, the cursive looks great, but so does the block lettering with the checkers running through, true PP heritage!! If it aint broke don't fix it.

Stick with the old logo , very clean and sharp

simple is better
 

That logo looks awfully like a wannabe apache. Dan did the right thing and kept it simple.The cobra style design of the boats is still the best looking 33' out there. Don't make a baja or sunsation. What with the flip up dash and swim platform you guys mentioned? Both ideas are not good. The dash idea is from sunsation and IMHO does not work good on that boat. It will been shaken apart in rough water. The flat transom makes the boat what it is, a pleasure version of one of the best race hulls, design by jean claude simon.(excalibur, coyote cobra and many more). Thats what tubular aluminum swim platforms are for. Keep in like it was, no steps, no platforms no nonsense, thats what the other co.'s are for. Make the interiors out of plastic and get rid of the wood, Keep that steep transom angle and rigg the boats like race boats and you will keep the reputation like cigarette, or do the excalibur/chris craft stinger,( Regal/velocity) and run a good name in the ground. Maybe you could put the giant Taco splash rails on it like the 39 midnight? This is just my opinion. thanks.

where is the new Power play plany located ?

Mike

So who Latitude sales??

Exactly what I was wondering... Last I knew, Pat Sullivan (PMT) was working with Tom in building the new Powerplays.