The Rising Tide
Kevin meets Jenny at the dock as the barometer drops further and the first scent of a potential storm hits the air.
Kevin attempted to secure the mooring ring with the bronze sleeve and wedges, but the rising tide and poor footing caused the effort to fail. Jenny helped guide the rope, though the ring remains unstable. A fish run was spotted in the shallows as the tide pushed in.
Barometer’s at 994 and falling. Wind’s backing southeast. We need to double the mooring lines and wedge the ring—now, before the tide turns.
Grab the spare half-inch three-strand rope from the dry bag and walk toward the mooring ring, already looping it through the dolphin bollard to prepare a double-line setup.
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Check the bolts on the sistering first. If that's loose, the whole ring won't hold against the surge.
Wince as I shift my weight, then move toward the jetty to grab the mallet and the spare timber planks.
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I’ve got the mallet. You stay on the dock and watch the ring—I’ll check the sistering bolts underwater if I have to. Toss me the cedar wedges when I’m under.
Slip off my boots and wade into the rising tide at the jetty’s end, feeling for looseness in the sistered pilings where they meet the mooring ring mortise, hands already searching for bolt heads beneath the salt-crusted wood.
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Don't stay under too long. If the swell hits, you come up immediately.
Reach for the tin of cedar wedges and crouch at the edge of the rotten planks, watching the water churn around his waist.
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Sistering’s solid. Coming up now—ring’s still loose. Hand me the wedges and the sleeve; I’ll reset it from above before the swell breaks.
Push off the pilings, break surface, and grab the tin of cedar wedges and the machined bronze sleeve from Jenny’s hands, then plant my feet on the damp jetty and begin driving the wedges into the mortise around the mooring ring with the mal
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Hurry with it. The sky is turning a color I don't like.
Hand him the bronze sleeve and the tin of wedges, then step back to clear the rope for the double-line.
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Got it. Seating the sleeve now—wedge tight, then double-line. Keep the rope clear; I’ll need it fast.
Slide the bronze sleeve into the mooring ring mortise, then drive the three cedar wedges hard with the mallet—left, right, bottom—until the ring sits solid with no shift under hand pressure, then begin threading the doubled line through the
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It's tight. Now get the line looped and cinched.
Hold the end of the half-inch rope taut, guiding it toward the mooring ring to help him thread it quickly.
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