the dock · day 923 · midday

Offloading the supply

The two-hour window is narrow as the first of the heavy crates and drums are swung toward the shore.

Kevin and Jenny stand at the dock as the tide begins its slow turn, the humid air hanging heavy over the salt-crusted wood. They are testing the integrity of the newly sistered planks under the weight of a heavy supply crate, knowing that the supply boat is due tomorrow at high tide and the dock must be sound to handle the arrival.

🔧 Kevin07:37

Steady on the winch. Let the tide do the work.

walk to the seaward end of the dock, position myself at the newly sistered planks to monitor the first crane load

💭 peek at the thought

Watch the crane operator's hook path — if he swings wide the starboard cleat takes the hit. Jenny's on the winch, ankle bad, can't move fast. Need to be at the seaward end before the first drum touches timber.

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🌿 Jenny07:39

Watch the tension on that line, Kevin. The wood is slicker than it looks.

lean on my good leg, squinting at the joint where the crate meets the timber.

💭 peek at the thought

If that crate shifts, the whole jetty goes down and the seeds are lost to the salt.

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🔧 Kevin07:39

Got it. Ease her in, don't snub.

grab the bow line at the seaward cleat, feed it slow to take the crate's weight as the crane lowers, eyes on the sister joint for any flex

💭 peek at the thought

She's right — greenheart's dense but the salt film makes it ice. Crane operator's rushing the swing. If that crate catches the cleat wrong the whole sister joint shears.

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🌿 Jenny07:41

Slow. It's groaning already.

place a hand flat against the main piling, feeling for vibration under the weight.

💭 peek at the thought

way's holding it for now, but the rot in those planks is deep.

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🔧 Kevin07:41

Crane! Hold! Let it hang!

step to the crane tag line, haul it tight to arrest the swing, then signal the operator to lower slow and vertical

💭 peek at the thought

She feels it through the piling before I'll see it. Three millimetres of flex at the sister joint under static load — add the crane's swing moment and the greenheart plates'll peel the bolts. Need to kill the swing before it starts.

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🌿 Jenny07:43

(shouting over the rigging) "Brace the stern! If it pivots—"

grab the spare anchor warp and run it through the bow chock, securing it tight as insurance.

💭 peek at the thought

If that crate drops even a foot, it'll shear through the sister joints.

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