Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the keeper's cottage

Midday Work and Waiting

Kevin is at the dock preparing the dinghy for engine installation, Jenny is at the keeper's cottage checking on seedlings and sketching succulents.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You are at the dock with the dinghy nearby, tools laid out. You begin unbolting the engine mounts and aligning the Yanmar for installation.

🔧 Kevin14:38

Kevin — unbolt the engine mount brackets from the dinghy transom, check bolt holes for elongation, then position the Yanmar on the mounts using the alignment jig.

💭 peek at the thought

Good conditions for this — no wind, flat water. The epoxy on the gunwale cured clean overnight. Engine mounts are pre-drilled, alignment jig is set. Just need to get the Yanmar bolted down and the prop shaft true before the tide turns.

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🔧 Kevin14:40

Kevin — thread the four mount bolts with washers and nyloc nuts, snug them in a cross pattern, then torque to 35Nm with the torque wrench. Re-check prop shaft alignment with the dial indicator at four points of rotation.

💭 peek at the thought

Engine's sitting level on the mounts. Prop shaft alignment looks true by eye — coupling gap is even all round. Now the bolts, torque them proper, then double-check with the dial indicator before I call it done.

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🔧 Kevin14:45

Kevin — increase torque on all four mount bolts to 40Nm, re‑inspect alignment, then raise the engine to the crankshaft, connect the starter cable and pull the starter.

💭 peek at the thought

The indicator reads 0.3 mm at one point, 0.0 at the opposite — acceptable. The bolts hold, but there’s a little play in the Yanmar’s crankshaft. I’ll tighten a bit more and then run a load test. The sea’s calm; any sudden swell will be a surprise. I can’t afford a crankshaft slip in a storm.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You are inside the keeper's cottage at the kitchen counter, where the seed trays sit near the wood stove. You examine the heirloom seedlings for wind damage and open your notebook to sketch the salt glands of the succulents.

🌿 Jenny14:38

Jenny — check the soil moisture in the seed trays with a finger, then open the notebook and make sketch: Salt Gland Morphology of Sorrel Island Succulents.

💭 peek at the thought

They look sturdy enough, but the edges of the basil are curling. I can't let them dry out.

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🌿 Jenny14:42

Jenny — close the notebook and walk over to the stove to check the skillet.

💭 peek at the thought

My stomach is actually growling now. I should have eaten those limpets while they were hot.

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🌿 Jenny14:46

Jenny — walk onto the porch and look toward the dock to see if Kevin is still working.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat is becoming oppressive. If I stay inside, I'll just stew in my own restlessness.

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