Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the hilltop

Midday Work

Kevin is at the dock inspecting the Yanmar housing bolts; Jenny is on the hilltop continuing the Carex transect.

Kevin retrieved the Yanmar housing bolt from the bilge and found its threads intact after cleaning. He measured the stripped bolt holes in the engine housing with a micrometer. Jenny finished her salt gland sketches of wild mustard on the north ridge and began walking back toward the cottage as a sudden squall hit with wind and driving rain.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You are at the dock, the dinghy beside you. You take the torque wrench and test the tightness of the Yanmar housing bolts, two of which feel loose, one missing entirely.

🔧 Kevin02:22

Kevin — retrieve the recovered housing bolt from the bilge and inspect threads; check bolt inventory for 10mm stainless replacements

💭 peek at the thought

Two loose, one gone. The vibration's from the housing shifting under load. Need the missing bolt from the bilge and new bolts for the stripped threads.

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🔧 Kevin02:26

Kevin — clean the recovered bolt with penetrating oil and wire brush; measure the stripped holes in the Yanmar housing with the micrometer

💭 peek at the thought

Bolt from the bilge has clean threads. Good. But the two stripped holes in the housing need helicoils or oversize bolts. Don't have helicoil kit. Might have to drill and tap oversize, or sleeve the holes. Bronze sleeve stock's on the oarlock bracket — could machine new inserts.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the hilltop

You are on the hilltop, notebook open. You record the plant counts and soil texture at the second cairn, then move toward the third, noting how the wind shapes the vegetation.

🌿 Jenny02:20

Jenny — sketch the salt glands on the wild mustard leaves in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is getting sharper; if this rain doesn't let up, the transect will be a mess.

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🌿 Jenny02:24

Jenny — close the notebook and start the walk back to the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

The tank is full, but my stomach is just starting to growl.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.