the dock · day 927 · morning

Tide Turn

The tide has peaked and begun to fall, exposing the rotted mortises of the three south dock planks. Kevin stands ready with greenheart, the last through-bolt, and sister plates. Jenny finishes her third pH test at the shrine bed, notebook in hand. The barometer holds at 1032 hPa. The shortwave sits silent on the cedar plank between them.

Jenny pried up the first rotted dock plank cleanly, exposing the mortise and confirming rot past the stringer on the seaward side. Kevin drove the 150mm stainless through-bolt through the middle greenheart plank and sister plate, securing it with washers and a nyloc nut torqued to 35Nm. The barometer continued falling as they worked, reaching 1029 hPa.

🔧 Kevin11:21

Tide's out far enough. Three planks. Middle gets the bolt. You want the radio or the crowbar?

walk to the south end of the dock, set down greenheart planks and crowbar, pry up the first rotted plank

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's dropping. Mortises exposed. Last through-bolt goes in the middle plank — strongest hold. Sister plates port and starboard. Need to work fast before the next swell.

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🌿 Jenny11:23

Give me the crowbar. I want to see how deep the rot goes before the boat comes.

Jenny walks to the jetty, shifting weight to her good leg, and takes the crowbar from Kevin.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is a drum beating in time, but the soil at the shrine is finally 6.8—it might actually work.

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🔧 Kevin11:23

Rot's past the stringer on the seaward two. Middle's sound to the knee. Don't lever against the sister plate — it's greenheart, it'll split the oak.

pick up the first greenheart plank, test-fit it against the exposed mortise, mark the bolt hole with chalk

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving better. Ankle's holding. Let her have the bar — she reads rot like I read compression ratios.

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🌿 Jenny11:25

The tide's gone out just enough. I can see the mortise clearly now.

Jenny wipes her sweaty palms on her trousers and takes the marked greenheart plank from Kevin, aligning it carefully with the rot line he's traced.

💭 peek at the thought

Six-point-eight at the shrine—three soil pockets finally stable. This could hold grandmother's seeds.

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🔧 Kevin11:25

Drive it home. I'll start the through-bolt.

set the 150mm stainless through-bolt with washers and nyloc nut at the ready, position the drift and heavy mallet beside the middle mortise

💭 peek at the thought

She's got the alignment eye. Good. Middle plank first — that's where the bolt bites.

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🌿 Jenny11:27

Easy. I don't want to split the grain.

Jenny wedges the crowbar under the edge of the first rotted plank, her breath coming in sharp, shallow bursts as she leans her weight to pry.

💭 peek at the thought

If this doesn't hold, the whole jetty goes into the surf. My ankle is screaming at every movement.

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