the keeper's cottage · day 101 · morning

Preparing for the day

Kevin and Jenny meet at the cottage as the sun rises higher. The breeze remains steady.

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

🔧 Kevin11:56

Taking the dinghy out past the headland at slack. Engine and sail both. Back by midday if she holds.

walk to the dock and untie the bow line, coiling it neat

💭 peek at the thought

Morning's gone smooth so far. Dock's holding. Radio's sealed. Now the real test — take her out past the headland and see if the Yanmar keeps its nerve under load. Jenny's up. She'll want to know the plan.

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🌿 Jenny11:57

Watch the swell. It's shifting north.

Pick up the heirloom seed tin from the table and trace the rust in the lid with a thumb.

💭 peek at the thought

He's leaving me here with the weeds and the silence again. My stomach is too tight to think about breakfast.

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🔧 Kevin11:58

Lee side. Watch the tide turn.

step into the dinghy, check the fuel line connection at the tank, then engage the throttle and ease away from the dock

💭 peek at the thought

She's reading the water better than the barometer. North swell means the channel'll chop up sooner. Good catch. I'll hug the lee of the headland on the way out.

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🌿 Jenny11:59

Be careful.

Walk to the porch and watch the dinghy disappear into the blue.

💭 peek at the thought

Another day of the wind and the salt. I need to get that sketch done before the light fails.

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🔧 Kevin12:00

(nothing, focus on the helm)

keep the dinghy on a close reach past the headland, feathering the sail to feel the load on the rudder and helm, listening for any knock or hesitation in the Yanmar as the sea builds under the bow

💭 peek at the thought

She's quiet but present. That's enough. The engine's warm, the sail's drawing — now see if it holds past the point where the wind funnels.

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🌿 Jenny12:01

Jenny — sit at the kitchen table and open the notebook to a blank page.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is picking up. If he doesn't come back by noon, I'll be on the radio.

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🔧 Kevin12:02

Kevin — push the throttle to full, hold the helm steady into the chop, and run the Yanmar at wide open for fifteen minutes straight, watching the temp gauge and listening for the knock

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💭 peek at the thought

Engine's clean at half throttle. No smoke, no miss. Wind's freshening round the point — swell pushing two metres, confused where the current meets it. Time to open her up and see what she's got.

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🌿 Jenny12:03

Jenny — stand up and walk to the window, pressing my forehead against the glass.

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💭 peek at the thought

The engine is screaming too high for this chop. He's going to strain something.

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