Great idea, Griff. Thanks!

Walls heres your beast

Steve, Would you know any of the history behind the Cobra 33 Sportdeck?

here you are

Thank you for the reply good read, Does anyone else have further history on the Cobra 32 / 33 Powerplay mine is a 81 and currently being restored should have it back on the water in a month. Just curious as to it's history and value.

Good night i saw your feed and was wondering if the Powerplay in the picture is for sale. I am currently looking for a 25 foot powerplay. Thanks alot.

It really depends on what type of water you are running your boat in. The lake, yeah.....top speed may matter to you and Fountains are fast! (I really enjoyed watching "Cat Killer" outrun fast cats!!) But when running out in rough water, like the Pacific, top speed is kinda irrelevant. The question here is how fast can your boat run SAFELY and comfortably for the passengers in the rougher water. If you have a fast boat, but you get beat up in semi-rough water, that is NOT fun, it sucks, we all have been there.

Honestly, try running a Fountain in rough water....that "105" will turn into "45" .......I SEE IT EVERYTIME OUT HERE IN THE PACIFIC. I'm not so sure that Powerplay's need steps, if the 33 was still being built maybe new construction techniques (YES) but maybe not on the steps for the handling benefit. I can tell you COUNTLESS times were were running boats to Catalina Island and people in Fountains were getting beat to hell in 3'-6' swells. The Powerplays, Cigarettes, Apaches, LS Scarabs would hammer down through it. Let's be REAL, how long does anyone run at full throttle???? (maybe if your boat runs like 65mph, then most likely you run f/t alot more. .....but faster boats, NOT, especially in rougher water.

I remember your boat well, and I call bull**** on a 105/525 Fountain. I don't count manufacturers numbers, those are bull**** numbers.

For me, top speed numbers are for lake/river runners anyway, this is offshore only and it's in the slop where I measure a boat's abilities.

Welcome back BTW

That is ONE of MY FAVORITE PP 33's

Thanks Indy.......got the 33 PP "bug" again!!!!!

Question for Steve1 - I noticed that the 33 Powerplay "Hot Property" has 2 deck hatches that are side by side, and a rail going down the center. ALL other 33 PP's (Ive seen) have 2 hatches that are side by side. Was this a one off boat?

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...cdd74e6570.jpg

Nice! Where are you running it?

I can say this as FACT: I ran the boat in Long Island Sound, a wonder body of water for boating. Slop is usually not a problem, 2's - 3's normal, typical dog days during high summer like glass, but gets riled up easily with 4's and bigger once in a while, nothing bigger than that with the exception of storms then all hell breaks loose and nobody wants to be out in it then anyway so it really doesn't matter. The boat in my years running it NEVER rattled, shuddered, got out of shape or knocked us around. It wasn't as fast as a Fountain 35 525 which has on a number of occasions broken the sound barrier with no modifications full of people and fuel but it didn't matter one bit to me. The ride was always predictable, comfortable, and it really didn't come into it's own until there was some slop. Combine that with timeless looks the boats are winners. Miss mine very much but glad I had a chance to own my dream boat (yes, PP's were and are my dream boats!!).

I think I was referring to the last 33 that was built.

Do you still have yours?

Yes and it is awesome. I am sad to say, I am getting ready to put it on the market.

My 28 has the same setup. I have not seen many others with this layout.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...pset8eybky.jpg

Mine
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...56c6555774.jpg

You've had a good run with it, what's next?

I'll probably take off for a little while, there are a couple of things i need to do to my house. The only other boat I would want is 39 TS Top Gun with 700's, but I don'
t see that in the financial future lol. I'll probably get a cruiser type so I can lay down and relax, fridge, etc. I wouldn't want any other performance boat, or I would just keep mine. It is awesome and rides so amazing thru the rough stuff.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...9f36a37ea2.jpg

This is what "Fast Forward" looks like now:

https://i.imgur.com/LcBw5xC.jpg

Any 25 or 28 for sale?

Hows it going Andrew!?

Hi Oz. Doing well. Its good to see you back.

is this boat up for sale?

Sold and went to Lake George years ago.

Go for a 33.

fuel tank
 

Hello everyone, I have removed my two tanks and I am looking for information or contact to replace my gas tanks. a seller for my boat; I have a powerplay 33 sportdeck from 1989

thanks,

Tanks in 2003 33' Sportfish were manufactured by
Best Fabrications, Inc.
204 Bartow Municipal Airport
Bartow, Florida 33830
800-788-4577
Part Number 811257-PP
Material .190 5052H32 Aluminum
125 Gallons
2 Each

Not sure if they are still selling/manufacturing these tanks. You will need to research and call them.

thank you for all those informations. this gives me a lead so i will contact them

Did you ever sell?

What happened to all the pics in this thread?

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Indy, I’m not sure if this is directly related to how each commenter posted pics or how OSO does it, but I have a feeling that info is elsewhere on OSO.

That's a pity, so much information and history lost, not to mention the effort by Steve1

Agreed! Looks like there was a deadline to move the pics but most people prob miss it.

I wonder if we could get Steve to update. 😁

He's been AWOL as far as I can tell

Danny Never Built 300 boats
 

Danny NEVER built 300 boats including rubber duckies in the bathtub. Immediately after chosing the name which I voted against when we were spitballing names in his house prior to his coke arrest, the house he lost east of Bayview I think on NE 35 street he was in the center of a copyright lawsuit with the Michigan state boat company that already owned the name. That was from day 1, started bad, ended worse.