The Squall Deepens
The rain intensifies as the barometric pressure continues its plummet. The tide reaches its lowest point, and the waves begin to break over the reef.
The air is heavy and still as the flat sky thickens with dark-bellied clouds. The tide is fully out, exposing the slick rocks of the tide pools, but the pressure is dropping rapidly, with the barometer needle dipping steadily. The dinghy is snubbed with doubled lines, anchored as the swell begins to build against the dock.
Pressure's heading for 990. Let's get the dinghy snubbed now—storm lines and all.
Walk to the dinghy at the dock, grab the storm anchor warp and heavy weather line from the ditch bag, begin securing bow to offshore anchor and stern to mooring ring with doubled lines.
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Check the seacocks again, Kevin. The swell is already building out.
Stand up from the table, wrap the seed tin in a dry cloth, and move to the porch to check the barometer glass.
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On it. Seacocks first, then we lock her down.
Kneel by the dinghy’s engine well, inspect the raw water seacock and fuel tank vent for leaks or salt creep, tighten with wrench if needed, then close both securely.
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Make sure the fuel vent is clear; I don't want vapor building up if it starts rocking.
Lean against the stone wall, squinting at the barometer, and note the drop in the way notebook.
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Vent’s clear. Seacocks are shut and seated. Let’s get the lines on before the next set hits.
Grab the storm anchor warp (50m) from the ditch bag, walk to the dinghy’s bow, secure it to the storm anchor already set offshore, then run the heavy weather line from the stern to the mooring ring, doubling it around the piling and taking
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Double the lines. The tide is pulling faster than the wind is coming.
Watch the barometer needle one last time, then head inside to check the seed tin for mold.
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Doubling them now—bow and stern. Hold the line.
Take the storm warp from the bow, lead it back to a secondary cleat amidships and figure-eight it for redundancy; take the stern line, add a second half-inch three-strand rope alongside it, serve both with sail twine at the chafe point on t
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It's done. I need to get the seed tin near the heat before the damp kills them.
Step into the kitchen, pull the door shut, and set the seed tin on the wood stove cover.
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Seeds are safe. We’re snug for now. I’ll keep watch.
Step back from the dock, scan the reef for breaking sets, listen to the wind in the rigging, then return to the porch and stand beside Jenny in silence, sharing the watch as the pressure drops and the sea rises.
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The barometer is falling. It's coming fast.
Sit on the porch step, clutching my throbbing ankle, and watch the first heavy drops hit the dust.
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It’s here. I’ll get the poultice warm and the radio ready—just in case.
Walk into the cottage, take the sea beet and mint poultice from the counter, warm it gently on the stove, then return to the porch, kneel beside Jenny, and press it to her ankle without a word.
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Thank you.
Lean back against the whitewashed stone, closing my eyes as the wind begins to howl through the eaves.
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