Music Whenever Valentines Day 2015

In the ancient history of this blog (2009, 2010), I used to post a couple of love song videos for Valentines Day. It was something that fell by the wayside but, for 2015, at least for this year, Im bringing the tradition back.

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Click here if you want to see my previous Valentines Day posts.

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Lets start with the popular Passenger (aka Mike Rosenberg) "Hearts on Fire".



Adam Baldwin with the slow-dance tune "Love You With My Eyes Closed".


ADAM BALDWIN - Love You With My Eyes Closed from Southern Souls on Vimeo.

And a R and B tune; Lee Fields and The Expressions, "Youre the Kind of Girl".



Oops! My lovely wife is questioning me about an unexplained charge that just showed up on our credit card bill. Gotta go!

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Hole y Day

After days of prep work, the hull assembly began today. The method of construction of this boat is called "stitch and glue", meaning the individual parts are wired together before being sealed with epoxy at the seams. First, matching pairs of strakes are stacked up and 1/16" holes are drilled every 4 inches along the rabbet edge. A simple cardboard gage helped space the holes. Once the four pairs of strakes were drilled, stitching began.


About 34 holes were drilled along the length of each strake. For stitching, a large number of copper wire pieces were cut at about 3 inches each. With the end of the strake aligned with the end of the bottom panel, a corresponding hole was drilled in the bottom panel. The soft copper wire was then passed through and twisted to draw the panel together. Planks were stuck under the ends of the bottom panel to give some curve and allow proper alignment of the stitched pieces. Finally, the project is starting to vaguely look like a boat. Total hours 22.00.

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