Originally Posted by northernoffshore (Post 3162410)

than most of the older apache's............... but then again this old pp open fish had some issues too. I just wish I had 138,000 I could spend , so I could own that 38' .

Originally Posted by 302Sport (Post 3162390)

would it be a pretty sharp edge, or would you round it off some more like a gladiator???

Originally Posted by Steve 1 (Post 3162416)

That boat may have been built/lay-up in Hollywood by a subcontractor.

Originally Posted by Indy (Post 3162449)

Looks like a PP before the changes were made right? '89ish?

Originally Posted by Steve 1 (Post 3162488)

It is a oldie ,that deck was cut out of the old Cobra race deck, There are a few around and in the Islands.

Originally Posted by northernoffshore (Post 3162532)

That one was beat up and probably hadn't seen a cover in ten years from it's condition. A few soft spots on the floor, some delamination on the front deck and the gel coat was chalked bad. 1988, looked a lot like an early scarab. The hull was still solid and transom looked fine.

Originally Posted by northernoffshore (Post 3162532)

That one was beat up and probably hadn't seen a cover in ten years from it's condition. A few soft spots on the floor, some delamination on the front deck and the gel coat was chalked bad. 1988, looked a lot like an early scarab. The hull was still solid and transom looked fine.

Originally Posted by northernoffshore (Post 3162532)

That one was beat up and probably hadn't seen a cover in ten years from it's condition. A few soft spots on the floor, some delamination on the front deck and the gel coat was chalked bad. 1988, looked a lot like an early scarab. The hull was still solid and transom looked fine.

Originally Posted by Indy (Post 3162629)

If you're using this as a basis for comparison I'd take the time to crawl around a '97 and up, even a '94. Those will stack up against anything.

Originally Posted by northernoffshore (Post 3162688)

how about a 92, 25' . The open fish boat shows how pp started out with cobra heritage ( by a french guy no less)and vastly improved keeping the great hull design. Indy you had a really nice boat and the new mold is way to go. Btw, I bought the pp fiberglass shop and contents at the auction and all of the materials and tools I got were fist rate and creative. Still using it today on all sorts of repairs. 3nd pic is my old cobra (the sweden sticky boat). Steve, best thread ever, and yes that was a sundance marine sticker.

Originally Posted by Steve 1 (Post 3163389)

Powerplay 38 Corebonding, I mentioned the core perforations that Danny even hand drilled on one occasion ,you can see the port side is done and that is exactly right,The excess priming resin and Corebond adhesive has been removed and is on top of the sheet ready for cleanup giving us the desired 1 MM bondline.

Originally Posted by glassdave (Post 3163506)

Steve when you bag the core down do you still use a perforated bleeder ply and breather ply? Are there any times when you dont use these two consumables when bagging?

Originally Posted by northernoffshore (Post 3162688)

how about a 92, 25' . The open fish boat shows how pp started out with cobra heritage ( by a french guy no less)and vastly improved keeping the great hull design. Indy you had a really nice boat and the new mold is way to go. Btw, I bought the pp fiberglass shop and contents at the auction and all of the materials and tools I got were fist rate and creative. Still using it today on all sorts of repairs. 3nd pic is my old cobra (the sweden sticky boat). Steve, best thread ever, and yes that was a sundance marine sticker.

Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation (Post 3131891)

The Navy boat had less than 60 hours on it as of last year (boat is a 2003/04) when the owner removed the 525/XR combo and re-rigged it as a 700/NXT boat. Boat taps the door on 100 mph and was still being dialed in. It has been on Lake Mead a few times and has only seen the Pacific a couple of times in its lifetime. The owner is a fanatic who has a neat collection of cars/boats all of which are stored in a museum quality warehouse.

This is easily the most perfect Danny built Powerplay in existence. The boat is not for sale and being that the guy still owns the car his wife drove to high school (he located, restored and gave it to her as a present) you can probably expect it to be in his collection forever......

Originally Posted by Semper Fi (Post 3164044)

Is the owner of this boat Rusty West? GREAT posts Steve1 !!!

Originally Posted by Semper Fi (Post 3164058)

Whatever happened to some of these 33' race boats? Like XXX Muscle, the Ettore boat, my old 33 race set up but never raced??? (it looked like the Two Can boat, but had Tweety and sylvester the cat)

What can you tell us about these boats Steve? I've been to the factory about 10 times over the years, probably met you a few times!!! I knew Dan and John.

Originally Posted by Steve 1 (Post 3164065)

The B1 a member on here has it ,the Muscle was in the Bimini race ,I put up a picture of your boat. I most likely met you but sometimes I was in a closed shop doing something away from view. There is a Guy DareDevil who keeps a pretty good track of the old race boats and Of course Danny. Best Regards

Originally Posted by Semper Fi (Post 3164069)

Thanks for replying. I just read this entire thread..... took 2+ hours!! Holy crap this is THE BEST OSO THREAD EVER!!! Steve1, thank you "sir" for taking the time to enlighten us all on boatbuilding and especially Powerplays. IMHO, the 33' Powerplay is the best looking boat ever made!

Originally Posted by catastrophe (Post 3164140)

Originally Posted by THEJOKER (Post 3164144)

Steve:

I thought for some reason that PP's were non cored bottoms.

Originally Posted by woodbr11 (Post 3164397)

Steve, Why were some bottoms cored and others not? And what are the pros and cons for each?