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Great story steve, awesome photos also! what were the origins of the 33 and 25s bottom?

Powerplay 33 the Love Muscle


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The 33 was the famous 32 Cobra we retooled in 94 with the new hull mold, raised the sides and refaired it to powerplay standards the 25 was influenced by the Linder shadow.

Hey Steve, what do ya mean "influenced"
When Rusty was working for Karl he told us the 25 was a ground up new hull...built from scratch. Just curious.. :cool:

I flew back from Kuwait in 2001 to tool the 38 for Danny this was the 38 Hull mold.




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It was just about with the changes that were made in it, was off the 21 Apache .

didnt know that. I was under the ipression from what Rusty was saying that he built it from scratch....

No Sir He made changes exactly like Danny wanted them, from 21 to 25 feet then the beam and the Pad and on and on.

Powerplay seats.


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Just pulled from the 38 Powerplay Deck Mold which was the last mold I built there.


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Powerplay Wiring.



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Powerplay #1 38 hull.




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Oop's got ahead of myself here is it in gelcoat the rest is still on the roll and in the Drum.




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Outside Glass done and some core bonding.= (corecell)



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38 Powerplay internal structure being finished for Liner installation prior to capping




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Here is the Liner ready to be demolded.





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This is Steve's story of his experiences at Powerplay not what happened to the company!

Please keep the comments about the owner of Powerplay, Dan Weinstein, off this thread.... Comments and questions are welcome about the building process and racing these beautiful boats.

Liner In deck on


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sorry :(. Love you mean it Heather

Great Thread! When was the last 33 Sport Deck Built?

Thanks Steve 1

You can see how the fuel worked out.




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Danny in the Airex 33 B1 Boat we did.



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38 Drivers console wiring.



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38 Powerplay Cabin from the bow aft.



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Powerplay 38 NY boat show



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Awesome pictures!! Keep em coming! I don't know much about Powerplay but a friend of mine had a 25 (i think) years ago. Where was the shop where you built these? I lived in Lauderdale in 2000 and remember driving by a place and seeing what looked like a 38 as you show in the pics. No name on the building?

Hey thanks for looking and thank you,Powerplay was In Lauderdale lakes at 2740 NW 29 Terr on the lake.

I had the opportunity to see all the jigs and templates you used at powerplay for the different boats.I even have a template for the nonskid they used on the opens for repair. The tooling was so well thought out that I had always wondered who had spent the time to do all this. I got a lot of glass and foam from there and still use it today. The aluminum table that was in the north building was cool too. Very impressive glass shop and operation.

You sure thats not part of the space shuttle? . . . damn :eek:

There was all good people there Pedro and Medina in the glass shop with trained helpers Jimmy doing a precise fit on the internal structures and keeping the jigs accurate,The riggers all good guys it was like a family.

Steve, I understand you were boat builder of the year.... when did you receive this accolade?

LOL the funniest thing was outside contractors coming in to install some owner electronics or communication gear,Best thing was to leave it for the Powerplay electrical guys.


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Speed girl 1987 The thriller Boat, Thank you and 92 Got Designer of the year for the Cheetahcat

Bilge pump .


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The rest of the Picture




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More Powerplay rigging



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More


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Firewall bulkhead.



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Rigging.



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Cool 38 Powerplay


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