Nice Picture!!

Powerplay 33 The deck is completely cored with internal structure support.


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+1 ..no way a deck of an PP is soft..mine was like a concrete floor. and my boat was a 1990 !

I was reading it on this website in the PP forum around page 11 and older I think. There was a guy in this thread that seemed to have an ax to grind with PP. I love the boats just wanted to know if this may of been true and what to look for. I think every builder no matter how good they may be at one time or right now may be doing something they may regret or change down the road, after all we are only human and learning is part of the game.

I'm with the elephant comment. My boat ran hard in short, steep, hard hitting Long Island Sound. The only experience I had was perfection.

JROMY ran his harder and experienced nothing but the same perfection.

Steve,
What did the bare hull and deck weigh as pictured in post 1601?

Thanks again for all your time and knowledge you have shared.
Steve

I will post the weights later, I have to look at some notes and

You are very welcome thanks for visiting this thread.

I saw DV8 on its lift at Hillsborough Inlet Wednesday while on board the Serenity III evening cruise.

Yes that is a very cool place to keep the boat.

Steve, this thread is still the best on OSO, love the pics, thanks for all the effort.

As you are one of the top industry experts and really understand the physics of the hulls, could you give some insight into what type of setups the PP's like?

For example would my 28 run best w/ a bow lifting prop or stern, 3 or 4 blade, deep X or high, etc? I think you've covered some of this info for outboards, but us inboard guys would like to learn too! As their are only about 3 of these singles......I don't have too many people to ask who really know! Trial and error is out of my budget too right now.

Koss is like Peter Hledin of Skater; he builds 'em he doesn't run 'em. :party-smiley-004:

LOL I have Paid my due snd will catch up on the questions Tomorrow.Best Regards.

One other boat I failed to mention I saw is the 46Skater 'Category 5' whose owner lives on the Intercoastal in north Pompano. Another one I saw was the Superyacht Feadship 'Gallant Lady', owned by Toyota mogul Jim Moran.

Breaking news, Jim Moran died years ago.

Just like John Crouse.

No I test them, That is part of my Job long before the customer gets in the boat ,I guess hanging on a rope off the back at 120++ Watching the water profile and the same looking down the tunnel does not count.

The first time I saw a Cobra (Harry O) run in open sea was in 77 during the Magnum Marine Bahamas race, Real impressive!! I was running a 30 Corsa and we swapped lead a dozen times sometimes running a couple feet apart, lost a bottom and the Bacardi race was now upon us,
Got another boat together and dialed in @1:00 Race morning 4 Ambassadors dock Anyway Frog Joel Helperns driver came down and said the boss wanted to see me, the deal was Joel wanted me to run a 32 Cobra and was going to sponsor me with a hull and deck.

With that hull Always turn the props out you need NO transom lift the props, we always ran Mercury props, choppers on the outboard boats ,Offshore Cleavers on the race stuff and Mercury 3 and 4 Blades on the inboards.

The Chine was flared out in the aft on the old hull and looked funkey but it worked well.

The hull has enough bow flair to keep you out of trouble but still allowing the boat to settle in a little and fly straight off the wave crests ( had a ring side seat for a 100 miles) in short there was nothing I would change.

We are still digging for the weights, Everything there was weighed,Danny had a damn good set of scales from day one.

It counts as being CRAZY! :lolhit:

Yes freaked the Big Boss out, he drove during this event ,Goes with the Job, saw a way to get the gearcase up and clear but still have good water flow.

Thanks for the advice.:drink:

Sounds like you would of loved a gopro back in the day:lolhit:

Up front Yes,the back there is a wet hurricane cat 3 blowing unless the lens are self cleaning, maybe a problem.

Steve, wern't you running with Paul Haggerty then?

Frog worked for me for a while.

He was something else.

I had forgotten all about him, until I read your post.

I was racing out of his Shop and Stan was doing my motors we ran a Orange 30 Corsa called Switch ,Anglo and Paul were on Murphy's Boat Cocktails ,we built a lot of cool boats there including Elswick's race stuff. Tom Murphy had a artist paint Cocktail glasses with olives,limes and swizel sticks on his boat, I had a guy paint broken cocktail glasses on my deck with olives rolling away.

Ole Tom went nuts in the middle of the night and was yelling his head off all kinds of crap the long and short I must of put the Mojo on him he Broke going out of Government cut headed for Bimini.

Yes he was Frog came up and said in frog talk "hey the old man wants to see you upstairs" Anglo used to work for Joel back when he was racing overseas.

Steve, do you remember Fred Seymour, worked for Stan. Fred was my navigator.

Angelo, another Blast from the Past.

Tom always had a hair-trigger temper as I remember.

Last I heard, Frog was working for a high-end car restorer in Pompano.

I would know him by sight maybe, having spent a lot of time at Stans place do not remember him ,I got a education on marine motors in those days, I considered Irwin the best he did Magoons Miami NY engines.

That whole Cobra crew was made up of great people. I wish Frog the best.

Fred had a big handlebar moustach. Was from England. Use to play cribbage every week-end with Davey Gilmore, Brownie, Stan Brunner, Jim Bruell.

Passed away in'89, pancreatic cancer. Great guy. My son's god-father.

Did he work in assembly with Stans kid?

Bobby, Pete from Haggerty's shop was Danny's manager for a while and was in the Powerplay Cat at the Key West crash.

No, if I remember, he was involved in sales.

Then he became manager of Florida Wire. Across the canal from Magnum.

Again, you have jogged my memory.

Wasn't Dominick in the boat for that one?

I live just down the street from his restaurant.

Yes Dominick was driving ,Danny throttling and Pete Navigating.

Danny flew out the top Pete the bottom and Dominick was tangled up with the lifeline straps which he pulled the hook straight and swam out.

Steve: where are you these days?

I am in Lauderdale.

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Great thread!

I am looking for a 33 sportfish with outboards, late 90s or newer. If anyone knows of one for sale please let me know.

Thanks.