I think about 12 staggered 33's were done,The outboard combos were great with the light 200-2.4-2.5 combos. without question the IO especially the last 33/ITS combo was a hot setup and ran 92.

Budd here is an old Sport Deck triple combo.


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No, We swam and jet skied in the lake only ,a lot of the pictures were taken at George English Park.

Steve 1,

A little off topic, but tell us about the one half of a 33' (bow to stern) that served as a DJ's booth in Richard Pingree's bar in Beaufort, SC. That must have been an interesting project.

I don't know any of you. I have only been involved in offshore or performance boating for the past year. I have never heard of POWERPLAY boats before this thread. I am an engineer and I try my best to be a picky one. I have read this thread through three times. I am simply stunned by the level of craftsmanship I am seeing.

This is a great example of what a small, highly skilled, highly motivated group of people can accomplish given the right environment. Steve, you and all the people involved with the design and creation of these boats should look back on this part of your lives with an intense amount of pride. These boats are an incredible accomplishment. In my business experience, this is a rare occurance.

If POWERPLAY was still in production now, I can picture autoclaved pre-preg carbon fiber hulls with honeycomb cores and you wouldn't dare paint it!

To those of you fortunate enough to own one of these, keep them well and keep them wet!

Dan

Sir thank you for that post ,the real acknowledgments go to the Boss Danny who made Powerplay ,nothing went out that he would not personally own,like I have said before being the last one to leave many times ,would see the rigging shop open and there was Danny personally redoing something he did not like , we were stepping more into the 21st century I was putting a new epoxy tooling system together as well,that would have been used on the 40+++' line.

That was a Project Danny did, it was half a 33 and I think Joey Earls painted it like the US1 boat which he painted, they used a crane to get it to the second floor at Ping's. will try to dig out the pictures now that it was mentioned.

Steve,
would you please look at a post i have in the Powerplay owners forum and help diagnos a problem?
Thanks

Maybe I shouldn't ask but what happened to the company?

Depending on the year, there was a breaker behind the seat that could need looking at or the motor in the unit.

Powerplay 33 Factory Race Boat, This is Paint by Joey Earls he was a real talented guy.


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Steve,

Did you know someone by the name of Scott Norton? I work with him now and he was telling me that he did electrical work for Powerplay.

I do not know him, could be I was overseas,if he worked for Danny the Guy is OK in my book.

Powerplay 1999 Private Show at Everglades Marina

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Powerplay 38 Hull Mold Lamination


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Powerplay 38 Hull Mold Building lamination.



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Powerplay 33 Raceboat Love Muscle


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Powerplay 33 deck cored with Divinycell, Pedro and the Guys did a nice job on it.

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Powerplay 33 Race


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THats a great shot Steve. I never saw that many Powerplay's together.

Thank you, there are a few more Powerplays not shown ,I will try to post them later.

Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Pull


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Pulling Front


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Powerplay 38 Deck Pulling

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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Pulling off Plug.



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Powerplay 38 Deck Pipe Bonding ,The Crew is Glassing about a mile of Pipe I welded on it,There next to me is Medina a great guy, I hope all is well with him.


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold turning over



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Powerplay 38 Deck turning over



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Powerplay 38 Deck Plug outside in the parking lot.Next to the 38 Hull Plug




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Powerplay 38 Deck mold shop, Corecell core has been Vacuum Bagged in place and ready for heavy sanding.The edge of the flange shows the robust mold thickness 1" solid glass.

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Powerplay 38 Deck the release was very good.



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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Shop Core Installation.




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Powerplay 38 Deck Shop Core bagged in.



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Powerplay 38 Deck Shop Core installation


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Shop Deck Coring showing the painstaking fitting for the bagging that was done.


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Shop Lamination


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold shop lamination inside laminate massaging glass into place .


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Steve you have an amazing amount of pictures



Been away/super busy the last week or so and just had to get caught up on this thread. Love the detail shots and that you are taking us through every aspect of the process of building a world class boat.

Sir Thank You for the comment and reading the thread.