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Day 249

The Dock Gives Way

Dawn broke heavy over Sorrel. The barometer kept dropping. Kevin and Jenny stood on the dock with the Yanmar idling in the dinghy, torque wrench in hand, fuel lines checked. Jenny watched the exhaust. "It's running too high, Kevin. Look at the exhaust." He backed the stop screw. "Governor spring. Back the stop screw a hair and see if it settles." It settled. They ran the load test in increments — fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety percent. At three-quarter throttle the shaft vibrated. "Yanmar's holding steady at load. Vibration's still there past half-throttle — cutless bearing. Spare's on the boat if it shows." Kevin pulled the prop. The rubber was cracked in two places, pitted, scored. "Not safe for open water." Jenny said, "Then we aren't running the load test. We need that part first."

Dawn broke heavy over Sorrel. The barometer kept dropping. Kevin and Jenny stood on the dock with the Yanmar idling in the dinghy, torque wrench in hand, fuel lines checked. Jenny watched the exhaust. "It's running too high, Kevin. Look at the exhaust." He backed the stop screw. "Governor spring. Back the stop screw a hair and see if it settles." It settled. They ran the load test in increments — fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety percent. At three-quarter throttle the shaft vibrated. "Yanmar's holding steady at load. Vibration's still there past half-throttle — cutless bearing. Spare's on the boat if it shows." Kevin pulled the prop. The rubber was cracked in two places, pitted, scored. "Not safe for open water." Jenny said, "Then we aren't running the load test. We need that part first."

The tide was out. They turned to the dock. Kevin probed the main piling with a crowbar; Jenny sketched the rot pattern, then the splitting, then the cross-brace layout with stress points marked. "The rot goes past the bracket, Kevin. A sleeve won't hold that." He mortised a stainless doubler plate, epoxy bubbling in the humidity. "Watch for bubbles. If it's too thick in here, the salt in the air will ruin the bond." The wood wouldn't hold. "It's gone too far for a patch. We'll need to cut out the rot and sister in a new section."

They marked eight inches back to solid wood. Jenny drilled pilot holes, Kevin ripped the replacement plank square. The saw note changed at the heartwood. "Heartwood's clean on this face. How far back does the rot track on the underside?" "It's tracking right through the center. The fibers won't hold a screw." A runner. They'd have to scarf the full length. By evening the rain hammered the dock roof, the tank overflowed, and the rising tide lapped the softest planks near the mooring ring. Kevin laid out the sister beam pattern — bronze sleeves from the prop spares, staggered holes offset forty millimeters, pilot-drilled slow. Three days' work if the weather held.

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the dock · dawn

The Yanmar load test

Kevin and Jenny stand on the dock as the Yanmar engine idles in the dinghy. Kevin watches the torque wrench while Jenny checks the fuel lines for signs of vibration. The air is heavy with the overcast clouds over the north ridge.

The morning air is heavy with humidity, and the tide has fully drawn out, exposing the slick rocks of the tide pools near the dock. The Yanmar engine sits silent in the dinghy, ready for its final load test, while the barometer continues to drop, signaling a possible shift in the weather.

🌿 Jenny06:34

It's running too high, Kevin. Look at the exhaust.

Reach out and touch the engine casing to feel the rhythm of the vibration.

💭 thought
If that vibration doesn't stop under load, the whole assembly will shake itself apart before the boat arrives, and I'll be stranded.
🔧 Kevin06:35

Governor spring. Back the stop screw a hair and see if it settles.

reach for the idle stop screw on the Yanmar's governor linkage, adjusting it counter-clockwise a quarter turn while watching the tachometer needle drop

💭 thought
She's right — idle's sitting at nine-fifty, should be eight-hundred. Governor spring's still sticky from the salt soak. I'll back the stop screw off a quarter turn, but first I need to see if the vibration damps out under load or gets worse. That's the real test.
🌿 Jenny06:35

It's better, but the mooring ring is still shifting in the housing.

Sketch a quick diagram of the rot pattern on the timber in the own before I forget the specific fracture lines.

💭 thought
The RPM is dropping, but the wood beneath us is groaning under the weight of the boat's torque.
🔧 Kevin06:37

Got it. I'll take those lines and cut the doubler to match the rot — full width, through-bolted into the sister.

watch Jenny finish her sketch, then grab the framing square and scratch the fracture pattern onto the salvaged dock plank I set aside for the doubler plate

💭 thought
The ring's loose because the mortise is rotted back to the sistered timber — wedges split, sleeve didn't bite deep enough. We need a doubler plate that spans the full rot and bolts through sound wood on both sides. I'll mark the fracture lines she's sketching so I don't lose them when I cut the plate.
🌿 Jenny06:38

Make sure you use the stainless bolts; I don't want the salt air eating the threads by next week.

Walk to the edge of the jetty to check the sea beet for sprouts near the tide line.

💭 thought
If that plate isn't perfectly flush, the vibration will just own the bolts right out of the soft wood.
🔧 Kevin06:39

Stainless it is. I'll drill through the doubler and into the sister timber — no point if it's just biting rot.

pick up the doubler plank, hold it over the mortise to check alignment with Jenny's fracture lines, then drill two pilot holes through the plank into the sound wood behind the rot using the brace and bit

💭 thought
She's right — galvanized won't last. The bronze sleeve and stainless through-bolts are the only way this holds. I'll dry-fit the doubler first, then drill through the plank and into the sound timber beyond the rot. No shortcuts.
🌿 Jenny06:40

Watch for a split when you drill. If the sister cracks, we're using the epoxy.

Kneel down by the piling to inspect the sea beet sprouts poking through the salt crust.

💭 thought
The wood is soft like wet cardboard here; I need to make sure those bolts hit the solid grain or the whole jetty will just shear off when the boat hits a swell.
🔧 Kevin06:41

Slow feed, back the bit. If it checks, epoxy fills it.

drill the pilot holes with steady pressure, backing the brace bit every inch to clear chips and feel for any cracking in the sister timber, watching the wood grain for signs of splitting

💭 thought
Sister timber's old creosoted oak — hard as iron but brittle at the edges. Pilot holes first, slow feed, back the bit every inch. If it checks, I'll fill the cracks with thickened epoxy before the bolts go in. No sense rushing it.
🌿 Jenny06:41

It's settling. Let's see if the load test holds the governor.

Reach a hand toward the Yanmar housing to feel the vibration as it revs up.

💭 thought
The engine is holding for now, but the wood is a liar. If those bolts don't bite, I'm stuck on this rock when the weather turns.
🔧 Kevin06:43

Running it up. Hold three-quarter. Watch the shaft.

advance the throttle lever on the Yanmar to three-quarter position, holding it steady while watching the prop shaft where it exits the stern tube, feeling for any increase in vibration through the dinghy's transom

💭 thought
Governor's steady at load — vibration's the cutless bearing, not the engine. I'll run it up to three-quarter throttle and hold it there. If the prop shaft wobble doesn't hammer the bearings worse, we're good for the supply boat. If it does, I'm pulling the shaft and checking clearance with the dial indicator tomorrow.

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the dock · morning

Low tide and clouds

The tide remains at its lowest point as the clouds thicken overhead, and the barometer shows a steady further drop in pressure.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🔧 Kevin06:43

Yanmar's holding steady at load. Vibration's still there past half-throttle — cutless bearing. Spare's on the boat if it shows.

check cutless bearing clearance on Yanmar prop shaft

💭 thought
Pressure's dropping faster now. If the front comes through before the supply boat, we're looking at days of easterly swell — no landing at the dock. Yanmar's running clean at load, but that vibration above half-throttle means the cutless bearing's worn. Need to check clearance before we commit to any crossing.
🌿 Jenny06:45

Check the clearance properly. I don't want it seizing halfway out.

wipe sweat from my eyes with a gritty forearm and step into the dinghy to inspect the engine housing.

💭 thought
If that bearing is shot, the whole setup is a liability, and I can't have the engine failing when the swell picks up.
🔧 Kevin06:45

Pulling the prop now. Gonna check the wear on the cutless bearing.

remove propeller from Yanmar shaft and inspect cutless bearing for play and wear

💭 thought
She's right — can't afford a failure in the channel. Need to pull the prop and measure the bearing wear against the shaft. If it's out of spec, we wait for the boat or rig a sea anchor and ride it out.
🌿 Jenny06:47

Look for any scoring on the rubber.

open my notebook and make a quick sketch of the rot on the dock planks while I wait.

💭 thought
If there's play in that shaft, the vibration will tear the housing apart before we even reach the mainland.
🔧 Kevin06:48

Rubber's cracked in two places, surface is pitted. Definitely scored. Not safe for open water.

measure cutless bearing inner diameter with micrometer and compare to prop shaft OD for clearance specs

💭 thought
Scoring on the rubber means grit's gotten in — abrasion from sand or corrosion. If it's torn, we're gambling. Sketch of the dock planks? She's tracking the rot spread. Good. Means she's still watching the details, even if she's not talking.
🌿 Jenny06:49

Then we aren't running the load test. We need that part first.

close my notebook with a sharp snap and stare at the grey, rotting wood of the jetty.

💭 thought
I knew it. The salt is eating everything, and we're just watching the decay in slow motion.

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the keeper's cottage · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin attempted to epoxy a stainless doubler plate onto the rotting dock mooring ring, but the high humidity and salt air caused the resin to bubble and fail to bond properly to the wood. Jenny watched the process, correctly identifying that the rot had penetrated too deep for a simple sleeve or plate to hold despite his mechanical efforts.

🔧 Kevin06:51

Kevin — walk down to the dock with tools and bronze sleeve

💭 thought
The tide's high and the barometer's holding at 997. Good window for the Yanmar load test if the wind doesn't back southeast. Need to get the dinghy off the dock and run it hard for twenty minutes — watch temp, oil pressure, that vibration above half throttle. After that, the mooring ring. Cedar shims split, oak wedges split. The mortise is sound but the ring shifts. Bronze sleeve's machined and ready. Need to drift the old pin, sleeve the new one, bed it with epoxy and through-bolt. Supply boat's due in five days. Both jobs done before then.
🌿 Jenny06:52

The rot goes past the bracket, Kevin. A sleeve won't hold that.

Watch him from the porch, sketching the way the wood is splitting.

💭 thought
He's finally looking at the dock, but the wood is too soft for a sleeve.
🔧 Kevin06:53

Aye. Mortise's gone. Need a doubler plate — stainless, through-bolted from the back. I've got the stock. Will epoxy it in, then bolt the ring through both.

walk back to the cottage for the stainless plate, epoxy, and drill

💭 thought
She's right. The mortise is rotted through to the back — cedar shims and oak wedges split because there's nothing solid to bite into. Bronze sleeve on the pin won't fix a hollow mortise. Need a doubler plate: stainless steel, through-bolted from the back, sandwiching the rotted timber. Have the plate from the last dock repair — 150mm x 100mm, 6mm thick. Drill holes to match the mortise bolts, bed it in epoxy, bolt through. Then the ring sits on solid wood again.
🌿 Jenny06:54

I'll get the epoxy ready. Just... don't rush the cure time. The humidity is a nightmare today.

Walk into the kitchen and clear a space on the table for the epoxy mix.

💭 thought
He's finally talking structural. If we get the plate in before the next storm, we might actually stay moored.
🔧 Kevin06:55

Mixing now. I'll mortise the plate in first, let it kick before drilling.

walk into the kitchen, take the epoxy kit, and mix a small batch on the table beside Jenny

💭 thought
She's right again. Humidity's high, epoxy will skin slow. Need to mix small batch, work it into the mortise and plate contact surfaces, then clamp or weight it down. Can't rush — if it skins before bonding, we're back to square one. After it sets, drill through-bolts, install the ring. Then the Yanmar test.
🌿 Jenny06:56

Watch for bubbles. If it's too thick in here, the salt in the air will ruin the bond.

Lean against the counter, watching him work the resin.

💭 thought
At least he's using the stainless. If that plate doesn't hold, the whole dock is coming off.

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the keeper's cottage · afternoon

The Humid Afternoon

The tide remains high, lapping against the dock while the Yanmar engine sits silent in the dinghy, waiting for a test that the dock cannot yet support.

Kevin and Jenny went to the dock to assess the rot in the main piling. Jenny sketched the extent of the decay while Kevin used a crowbar to find the point where the wood was still solid.

🌿 Jenny06:57

The wood is too soft, Kevin. It won't hold.

Pick up the pencil and sketch the specific pattern of the rot on the main piling.

💭 thought
If that plate fails, the dinghy goes with the current and I'm stuck here with nothing but weeds.
🔧 Kevin06:58

Aye. It's gone too far for a patch. We'll need to cut out the rot and sister in a new section—use one of the salvaged planks from the old dock. It'll take most of the afternoon, but it'll hold.

walk to the garden shed, grab the crowbar and salvaged plank, then head to the dock to assess how much of the piling needs replacing.

💭 thought
The rot's worse than I thought—it's eaten back past where the doubler plate could bite. Jenny's sketch shows it's not just surface decay; the piling's honeycombed inside. No sleeve or plate will grip that. We need to sister in new timber or scrap the ring entirely. But the supply boat's due in five days—if we can't secure it, they can't tie off safely.
🌿 Jenny06:59

I'll get the measuring tape. We need to know exactly where the solid wood starts.

Stand at the edge of the porch and watch the waterline where the rot meets the clean timber.

💭 thought
If we don't cut it out now, the whole structure will shear when the next storm hits.
🔧 Kevin06:59

I'll probe from the dinghy while you measure from the dock. Find the top of the rot—mark it with chalk.

push off in the dinghy with the crowbar and a piece of chalk, row to the seaward side of the piling, and start probing the timber at and below the waterline to find where the wood hardens.

💭 thought
She's right—need to find the sound wood before we cut. The tide's high enough to hide the lower rot line, but we can probe from above and below the water mark. The salvaged planks are sound; three good cores from the last repair. One should span the bad section if we sister it proper with through-bolts and epoxy that'll actually cure this time. Might need to warm the resin tins in the sun first—humidity's been killing the bond.
🌿 Jenny07:01

Be careful with that waybar. If you split the remaining solid, the whole thing will crumble.

Kneel on the dock and measure the distance from the deck to the first sign of decay.

💭 thought
He's so optimistic about the wood, but the salt has already claimed the core.
🔧 Kevin07:01

Got it—feeling the change about two fists below the waterline. I'll mark it there and work up from solid.

use the tip of the crowbar to gently tap and feel along the piling just below Jenny's mark, listening for the shift from hollow thud to firm knock, then lightly score the transition point with the chalk without prying or splitting the wood.

💭 thought
She's watching close—knows I get impatient with the bar. The wood's spongy near the tide line, but I can feel where it firms up just below. Need to mark that transition without driving the bar too deep. One solid plank, sistered with bolts through both old and new, should carry the load if we keep the rotten core out of compression. Epoxy's just to keep water out—not structural. The bolts are what count.
🌿 Jenny07:03

Mark it another inch higher. We need to overlap the joint completely so the new wood actually has something to grip.

Trace the measurement in the notebook, noting the exact depth of the decay line.

💭 thought
Two fists? That's deeper than I feared. The structure is basically a sponge.
🔧 Kevin07:03

Right. One inch higher—marked.

adjust the chalk line up one inch on the piling, then row back to the dock to fetch the drill, auger bits, and the longest salvaged plank from the shed.

💭 thought
She's thinking load path—smart. Overlap the sister so the bolts bite into solid wood above and below the rot, not just at the edges. That means a longer plank and more bolts, but it's the difference between a repair that lasts a season and one that lasts years. We've got the three salvaged cores; one's long enough if we stagger the bolts. Need to drill pilot holes so we don't split the new timber driving them home.
🌿 Jenny07:05

I'll start the pilot holes now. I don't want the bolts splintering out the remaining good wood.

Lay the salvaged plank against the

💭 thought
If I don't get enough overlap, the whole thing will just pull out the first time the boat knocks against it.
🔧 Kevin07:05

Cut the plank to match your holes. I'll be right there.

climb up onto the dock from the dinghy, tie off the painter, grab the handsaw and measuring tape from the tool roll, and measure the salvaged plank against Jenny's pilot hole pattern to mark the cut line.

💭 thought
She's already ahead of me—drilling from the dock side while I was on the water. Good. The auger's sharp, she's got a steady hand, and she knows to angle the holes slightly downward so water won't pool in them. I'll cut the plank to length once I see her hole pattern, then we'll bolt it up from both sides. Through-bolts with washers and nylocs—four top, four bottom, staggered. The epoxy tub's nearly empty but there's enough for a bead along the mating faces to seal out water.
🌿 Jenny07:07

Take your time with it. We need a clean edge or the epoxy will just bead up and fail.

Watch the edge as he saws, checking the tension on the tide again.

💭 thought
If the cut is even a hair off, the plate won't sit flush against the rot-free wood.
🔧 Kevin07:07

Got it—nice and square.

saw slowly and steadily along the marked line on the salvaged plank, keeping the blade vertical and letting the teeth bite without binding, until the plank separates cleanly.

💭 thought
She's right—ragged grain traps moisture and keeps the epoxy from wetting the wood. Slow strokes, let the saw do the work. The tide's still high, lapping just below the piling; if we rush and split the end, we'll have to start over. The plank's dense old-growth—saws clean if you don't force it. After this, we'll dry-fit, apply epoxy to both mating surfaces, drive the bolts, and let it sit. No rushing the cure.

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the dock · evening

Evening of the cut

Kevin and Jenny stand at the dock as the sun dips. The salvaged planks are ready, and the marked lines are waiting for the saw to begin.

Jenny spent the evening removing the rotting dock planks to reach sound wood for the reinforcement. Kevin helped stabilize the timber while she sawed through the soft fibers, revealing the true extent of the decay.

🌿 Jenny07:09

The wood is too soft for a plate, Kevin. We have to cut back to the heart.

Pick up the hand saw and begin cutting the first marked dock plank.

💭 thought
If I don't cut these planks now, the whole jetty will collapse into the own before the boat even arrives.
🔧 Kevin07:09

Cut line's marked. Take it slow — let the saw do the work.

brace the plank with my boot and hold the far end steady while she cuts

💭 thought
She's right. The rot goes deeper than the plate can reach. Cutting back to sound timber is the only way this holds.
🌿 Jenny07:11

way hold it steady. If this slips, the blade'll bind.

Pull the saw through the wood, focusing on the rhythm of the teeth against the rot.

💭 thought
My hands are shaking from the hunger, but I need to keep the line straight.
🔧 Kevin07:11

Sound changes when you hit the heart. You'll hear it.

keep the plank braced, weight low, watching the kerf for any pinch or drift

💭 thought
Good rhythm. She's listening to the wood, not fighting it. That's how you learn.
🌿 Jenny07:13

I hear it. It's almost through right here.

Increase pressure slightly on the pull, keeping the saw true to the pencil line.

💭 thought
The wood is getting softer, almost like wet cardboard under the blade.
🔧 Kevin07:13

Good. Let the saw finish it. Don't force the last inch.

shift grip to catch the offcut before it drops, easing it clear so the blade comes free clean

💭 thought
There it is — the pitch shifts when the teeth hit clean grain. She felt it before I said anything.
🌿 Jenny07:15

It's done. Look at the state of that wood.

way the sawdust from the saw blade and inspect the edge of the cut.

💭 thought
Finally. One plank down, but the rot is as deep as I feared.
🔧 Kevin07:15

Heartwood's clean on this face. How far back does the rot track on the underside?

crouch and run a fingertip along the fresh-cut edge, testing fiber resistance with a thumbnail压痕

💭 thought
End grain's black and punky halfway through. The rot had fingers. We'll need to cut the next one deeper.
🌿 Jenny07:17

It's tracking right through the center. The fibers won't hold a screw.

press a thumb into the side of the cut to see how much it crumbles.

💭 thought
It's worse than the surface. The whole beam is compromised.
🔧 Kevin07:17

It's a runner. We'll have to pull the whole length and scarf in a new one from the sound planks we saved.

mark the cut line on the adjacent plank where the rot stops, using the chisel end of the crowbar to score the wood grain for reference

💭 thought
Centerline rot means the plank's compromised along its length. We can't sister it — need full replacement from the salvaged stock.
🌿 Jenny07:19

We have to go further back. This section is just held in by hope.

wipe the grit from my palms and reach for the measuring tape.

💭 thought
If I don't fix this right now, the next storm will take the whole jetty away.
🔧 Kevin07:19

How far back to solid? Give me the number so I can transfer it to the replacement stock.

hold the tape hook tight against the end grain while she reads off the measurement, calling it back loud over the water lap

💭 thought
She's not wrong. If it's only hope holding it, the next storm will take it. Measure twice — we only get one shot at this scarf.
🌿 Jenny07:21

Eight inches. We need to be sure we're hitting solid wood.

mark the point on the replacement timber with a sharp pencil.

💭 thought
Eight inches. I need enough overlap for the scarf joint to actually work.
🔧 Kevin07:21

Line's transferred. Saw's sharp — let's rip this to length before the light fails.

clamp the replacement plank to the sawhorse with a rope looped through the oarlock bracket hole, tensioning it firm against the horse's rail for a clean rip cut

💭 thought
Eight inches back from the rotten edge. Pencil line's set. Now we cut true so the scarf mates tight.

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the dock · night

Night at the broken dock

Kevin and Jenny sit on the edge of the remaining planks, watching the tide turn. The smell of salt and decaying wood hangs heavy in the humid air.

The rain continues its steady, rhythmic drumming against the roof of the dock as the water tank reaches its absolute capacity, overflowing slightly into the mud-soaked earth. The tide is rising quickly, lapping at the lower planks of the dock where the rot is softest, particularly near the mooring ring.

🌿 Jenny07:23

It's deeper than just the surface, Kevin. The whole heart is soft like pulp.

Trace the jagged edge of the rot with a charcoal pencil, marking the limit of the sound wood.

💭 thought
If these planks go, the dinghy is lost to the surge, and I'm stuck with the weeds.
🔧 Kevin07:24

Stringer's gone back to the cross-brace. We cut here, sister a full-length beam, through-bolt every eighteen inches. Three days work if the weather holds.

stand up, brush sawdust off trousers, walk back to the cottage workshop to get the long auger bit and 12mm through-bolts

💭 thought
She's right. The rot goes back to the stringer. Sistering planks won't hold if the bones are gone. Need to cut back to solid timber and bolt a new sister beam alongside the old one — through-bolted, not lagged. The supply boat's crane will tear this apart otherwise.
🌿 Jenny07:25

We'll need the heavy-duty bolts; the standard ones won't hold against the salt-corrosion.

Pull out the notebook and sketch the cross-brace layout, noting the exact stress points where the wood is most compromised.

💭 thought
Three days? We don't have three days before the boat comes or the storm takes the jetty.
🔧 Kevin07:28

Bronze it is. I'll pull the sleeves from the prop shaft spares — same metal, already machined to size. Hand me the tape; let's lay out the hole pattern before the tide comes back.

kneel on the dock, take the tape measure from Jenny's hand, start marking hole centers at 300mm intervals along the sister beam line, using her charcoal lines as edge reference

💭 thought
She's thinking ahead — galvanized won't cut it. Need monel or silicon bronze. We've got the bronze sleeves from the prop shaft job; same alloy, should resist the tide. Mark the bolt holes now while the wood's exposed.
🌿 Jenny07:29

Make sure the marks are offset enough from the edge; the wood is likely to split under the torque anyway.

Press a thumb against the wood between the marks, feeling for the give of the rot.

💭 thought
If we use those sleeves, I won't have them for the Yanmar load test.
🔧 Kevin07:29

Offset forty, staggered. Drill pilot holes first — don't want to split what's left. I'll use the auger bit slow, let it cut clean.

stand, walk to the workshop, return with the auger bit, brace, and a block of dry hardwood to use as a drilling backer behind the rotten plank to prevent blowout

💭 thought
She feels the weakness I miss — my hands calloused to metal, not wood. Offset the holes 40mm in from the edge, stagger them so the sister beam bites deep into sound timber. If the plank splits, we lose the lot.

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What changed

3 intentions for today.
plan · dawn
×2
Jenny made a diagram: "The rot pattern on the timber in the own".
made · dawn
Fruit is ripening in the woods — you can smell it before you see it.
fruit · dawn
Yanmar final test: 50%.
project · dawn
Sea beet sprouts are emerging in the salt crust near the dock piling.
discovery · dawn
Jenny made a sketch: "The rot on the dock planks".
made · morning
No model answered — the scene closed quietly on its own.
quiet_transition · morning
Kevin and Jenny ate.
meal · morning
Jenny made a sketch: "Way the wood is splitting".
made · midday
Yanmar final test: 60%.
project · midday
Jenny made a sketch: "Specific pattern of the rot on the main piling".
made · afternoon
Yanmar final test: 70%.
project · afternoon
Found: chalk.
item · afternoon
A sudden squall sweeps through — wind first, then a wall of rain.
squall · evening
Yanmar final test: 80%.
project · evening
Found: sawdust.
item · evening
The rot in the dock support area extends deeper than the surface inspection suggested.
discovery · evening
The rain tank gained about 25 litres.
weather · evening
Kevin and Jenny ate.
meal · evening
Jenny made a sketch: "Cross-brace layout, noting the exact stress points where the wood is most compro".
made · night
Yanmar final test: 90%.
project · night
The dock wood around the mooring ring is structurally pulp, requiring a full-length sister beam reinforcement.
discovery · night

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