the dock · day 457 · morning

Morning of Day 458

The two meet at the dock as the sun struggles to break the overcast sky, the smell of salt and approaching rain thickening.

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

🌿 Jenny16:02

It's coming in fast. We need to get the gear into the cottage.

Tighten the wrap on my ankle and wince, then point to the barometer reading.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is dropping faster than I thought; if this storm hits hard, the rotten planks won't hold.

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🔧 Kevin16:03

Dinghy first. Engine's warm — I'll motor her to the lee of the point and anchor. You take the uphill path, slow.

walk to the dinghy, check the stern line and storm anchor warp, then crank the Yanmar

💭 peek at the thought

Storm's racing us. Barometer dropping, wind backing west. Need the dinghy secured, gear inside, and Jenny off that ankle before the dock gets slick.

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🌿 Jenny16:03

I'll take the seeds and the notebook. Don't be long.

Grab the grandmother's seed tin and the notebook, then start limping toward the uphill path.

💭 peek at the thought

If he takes the dinghy out in this wind, he'll be lucky if the engine holds over.

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🔧 Kevin16:05

Jenny, wait. Let me rig a line from the dock ring to that oak by the spring. You can haul yourself up hand-over-hand, no weight on the ankle.

run back to the dock, grab the spare half-inch rope from the coil, tie a bowline on the mooring ring, and run the other end to the oak stake by the spring, taking up the slack with a trucker's hitch.

💭 peek at the thought

She's pushing too hard. Rain's already spitting. If she falls on that path—

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🌿 Jenny16:05

way. way make it tight. I can't slip again.

Clutch the seed tin to my chest and reach for the rope.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be useful, but the wind is already picking up the spray off the west.

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🔧 Kevin16:07

Hold. I'm putting a through-bolt in the starboard sister. Thirty seconds, then you're on.

drill a pilot hole through the greenheart sister plank into the dock piling, drive the 150mm stainless bolt with washer and nyloc nut, and torque to 35Nm.

💭 peek at the thought

First drops hitting my neck. Rope's set, but the dock's shuddering under gusts—those sister planks need one more bolt before the tug really jars.

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