Eight Ball Design

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Just tried Benjammin' out yesterday and it handles great! Lots of fun. Here are a few shots of the Eight Ball I built. It took me 2 winters every Friday to complete.

Thanks, Jerry

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Date: 1 March 2004

I owe you some photographs of the boat "Eight Ball-SG", that I finished building in 2001. (see copy of your "Project Registry", below) The photos are enclosed.

Some day in the future I will send photographs of a lobsterboat "Eagle", now under cointruction.

Regards, Jose Reis

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Subject: Eight-Ball Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 From: Pihlstrøm Stein

Hello

I just want to send You a couple of pictures of my finished Eight-Ball dinghy. I bought Your catalouge and later the plans for the Eight-Ball through a Norwegian company called Marine Design Norway, some years ago. I started with the Eight-Ball to gain experience for a bigger project, the Cabin Skiff. I have also bought these plans from the same company.

A radio controlled boat (made from drawings in the book "Boatbuilding with Plywood") together with the Eight-Ball.

Yours, Stein Pihlstrøm Knarrevik, Norway

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Hello,

My email is good and my Eight ball has been finished for almost a year now. I'm the guy who sent you the video of the chirstening that went oh so bad. Here is a photo of my eight ball tied up at Balboa lake, which is a beautiful man made lake in the middle of the San Fernando Valley.

I am having a great time with my boat, but she is a lot of work. You know how dog years are supposed to be like 7 human years? Well, I think boat years are like 17 human years. This winter the rain filled up my boat like a bath tub, and water seeped through the sealed seat chamber and filled them up completely. Water could get in, but it couldn't get out. When I drilled a small drain whole the thing "peed" for hours. Now I have drain plugs and I am keeping the boat in the garage until summer.

James McLain Mission Hills, CA

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Subject: 8 Ball project Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:21:15 -0700 (PDT)

I have just finished building a Glen-L 8Ball, not SG the original.

I actually ordered and received the plans in November 1978, and soon after went into hospital in Barbados for an operation, and a couple of days after coming out heard the news about the revolution in my home country, Grenada.

I now have a 33' yacht and wanted a light plywood dinghy that I could carry on deck, and the 8Ball seemed to fill the bill. The project took 3 months and as you can see from the attached photos looks quite nice and sails very well.

Sincerely, Arthur Bain

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This project turned out great - have been using it on Lake Michigan, between Milwaukee and Chicago. It is very satisfying to see how thin, floppy pieces of plywood can turn into a strong vessel. This boat attracts attention and smiles everywhere I go. The design is great - the construction went very well - and this boat handles well for its size. Thanks for a great design!

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Eight Ball by Steven Sage June 25, 2008 I recently completed the Eight ball SG in the sailing version. Construction took about 1 1/2 months of evening and weekend time.

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