the dock · day 636 · morning

Yanmar gearbox pull and dock brace tightening

Kevin works in the dinghy at low tide, gearbox unbolted, brass shim stock ready to true the driveshaft coupling. Jenny tends the come-along on South-one, taking up slack as the tide turns. The barometer reads 986 hPa and falling. Swell laps the dock planks.

Kevin finishes the last bolt on the dock mooring system, wiping grease from his hands as the tide pulls at the dinghy. Jenny sits on the cottage bench, wincing as she shifts her weight, and prepares the saline solution to begin debriding the raw, salt-crusted skin.

🌿 Jenny21:45

Kevin, the barometer's dropping—secure those crate lines now, before the swell hits the dock.

walk to mooring ring, inspect and tighten all mooring lines, then return to South-one to check come-along tension

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's dropping fast—986 and falling. Kevin's working on the gearbox coupling again, and I can hear the come-along creaking on South-one as the tide turns. This is exactly what the notes warned about: the swell lag means the dock takes full force after the pressure shifts. I need to check the mooring lines before the tide surges.

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🔧 Kevin21:45

Aye. Finishing the shim, then lines.

Tighten the last brass shim bolt to torque, wipe hands, and move to the dinghy's bow and stern lines — take up slack, double the turns on the mooring ring and north piling, check chafe points.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Barometer's fallen another five millibars since I looked. Swell's already licking the rotten planks. If a line parts now the dinghy goes and the gearbox is still on the deck.

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🌿 Jenny21:47

Check the chafe on the bow. The tide is coming in faster than the forecast.

sit on the Analysis edge, adjust the ankle poultice, and begin sketching the salt crystal patterns on the rotting wood.

💭 peek at the thought

He's moving fast, but the air feels heavy. My ankle is throbbing with every wave hitting the timber; if those planks don't hold, the jetty is the next to go. I need to focus on the salt morphology before the light fails completely.

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🔧 Kevin21:47

On it.

Step to the bow, ease the line just enough to shift the chafe point, re-seat it in the fairlead with a fresh wrap of canvas, snug it hard and cleat it off.

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching the water, not the sketch. The tide's pushing harder than the tables said. Bow line's sawing on the chock.

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🌿 Jenny21:51

Good. I'm going back to the own. The salt is starting to bite again.

lean back against the cottage, wince as the movement shifts, and press the pencil to the paper to finish the salt morphology log.

💭 peek at the thought

The line is holding now, but the wood is still groaning. I need to get this sketch done before the light gets too flat; the salt crystals are forming unique clusters today.

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🔧 Kevin21:51

Back in a minute.

Give the stern line one last hard pull, verify the spring line's holding the dinghy off the piling, then walk back up the listed dock toward the cottage workshop.

💭 peek at the thought

Salt bite means the infection's waking up again. She won't say it loud. I'll put the kettle on when I'm done here — warm mug helps more than she admits.

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🌿 Jenny21:53

Don't be long. The salt's getting everywhere.

close the notebook, tuck the pencil into the waterproof casing, and area toward the cottage door.

💭 peek at the thought

The tide is rising fast enough to reach the lower planks now. My ankle is throbbing like a drum—I need to debride it before the infection gets too deep to handle.

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🔧 Kevin21:53

Two minutes.

Enter the workshop, set the torque wrench and micrometer back on the pegboard, lift the kettle from the stove, check the water level, and carry it to the porch where the stove's already warm.

💭 peek at the thought

She means the air, the wood, the engine, the wound. Everything here tastes of salt eventually.

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🌿 Jenny21:55

Thanks for the water. The salt's making the skin raw today.

sit on the low bench, unwrap the ankle brace with shaking fingers, and prepare the saline solution for debriding.

💭 peek at the thought

He's quiet today. The silence is heavier than the clouds. My ankle is burning, I can feel the heat right under the skin.

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🔧 Kevin21:55

Let me.

Set the kettle down, crouch beside the bench, take the saline bottle and clean gauze from her fingers, and wait for her nod before touching the wound.

💭 peek at the thought

Hands shaking. She's been steady for days. The salt's not just on the skin — it's in the bone, the blood, the fever that won't fully break.

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