the dock · day 273 · dawn

Pre-supply boat preparations

Kevin checks the Yanmar engine mount bolts for torque while Jenny adjusts the tension on the garden tarp. The air is still and humid as they wait for the boat tomorrow.

Kevin reinforced the dinghy's mast bracket by wedging oak into the gap and torquing the bolts to 35Nm to stop the flex. Jenny checked the garden tarp corners and restaked lifted sections before tending to the half-weeded patch behind the cottage.

🔧 Kevin05:24

Bracket's pulling the transom. Got oak wedges in the workshop.

walk to the workshop, grab oak wedges and mallet, return to dinghy, wedge the mast bracket base to stop the flex

💭 peek at the thought

The vibration at half-throttle isn't the engine. It's the mast bracket flexing the transom. Need to shim it before the boat ties up tomorrow.

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🌿 Jenny05:25

Make sure they're tight, I don't want the vibration shearing the bolts out again.

Wipe salt spray from the notebook and walk to the north garden to check the soil moisture.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come tomorrow, I'm going to plant those seeds regardless of the pH.

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🔧 Kevin05:26

They'll hold.

drive three oak wedges tight under the bracket flange with the mallet, check each bolt with the torque wrench set to 35Nm, wipe hands on trousers

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Last time the bracket worked loose it took three bolts and a chunk of transom. Not doing that again.

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🌿 Jenny05:27

Just check them again after the next high tide-driven swell.

way the rusted seed tin from my pocket and trace the outline of the way Purple packet with my thumb.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so sure of the wood, but the salt is already eating the grain.

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🔧 Kevin05:28

After high tide. I'll check.

give each bolt a final nudge with the wrench, nod at the bracket, walk back toward the cottage

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching me check the bolts like she's watching the radio for Tom's frequency. The tin's warm from my pocket.

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🌿 Jenny05:29

Don't forget the radio check before you head in.

turn back to the garden and look at the half-weeded patch behind the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always checking the bolts, while I'm checking the boat that might not arrive.

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