Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the keeper's cottage

Afternoon work at dock and cottage

Kevin is at the dock preparing to step the spruce mast and bend on the sail; Jenny is at the keeper's cottage sketching sea beet sprouts and tending the seed trays.

Kevin spends the afternoon at the dock securing gear and preparing for the supply boat's arrival tomorrow, while Jenny focuses on the heirloom seeds, drying them and documenting the sea beet morphology in her notebook.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand the spruce mast beside the dinghy, its step epoxy-cured and doubler-plated, and begin threading the halyard through the masthead sheave. The sail lies flaked on the dock planks, three reef points already stitched, waiting to be bent on.

🔧 Kevin14:23

Kevin — thread the halyard fully through the masthead sheave, secure the bitter end, then bend on the sail — tack to the gooseneck, clew to the outhaul, luff slides into the mast track.

💭 peek at the thought

Good to see the mast step holding. The doubler plate and through-bolts look solid. Halyard runs clean through the sheave. Now bend on the sail, step the mast, and see if the Yanmar pushes us past the headland.

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🔧 Kevin14:28

Kevin — lift the spruce mast, seat the heel into the mast step with the doubler plate, drive the retaining pin through. Hoist the sail on the halyard, cleat it off, attach the sheet.

💭 peek at the thought

Sail bent on clean. Halyard leads fair. Now step the mast into the epoxy-cured step with the doubler plate, pin it, and tension the halyard. Then fire the Yanmar and see if she holds under load.

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🔧 Kevin14:32

Kevin — open the fuel cock, prime the Yanmar, pull the starter cord — she turns over. Let her idle a minute, then advance the throttle to cruising RPM and hold her under load at the mooring buoy.

💭 peek at the thought

Mast stepped, sail up. Sheet led to the cockpit. Now fire the Yanmar, warm her up, and run her under load at the mooring. If she holds, we’ll take the dinghy past the headland and fish the drop-off.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You sit at the kitchen table with the notebook open to a fresh page, pencil in hand, the sea beet seedlings catching the afternoon light on the windowsill. The heirloom trays — tomato, pepper, basil, lettuce — sit beside them, soil damp, waiting for the first true leaves.

🌿 Jenny14:19

Almost there, little ones.

make sketch: sea beet morphology study.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm so hungry my hands are shaking slightly, but I need to catch the light on these leaves now.

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🌿 Jenny14:27

Jenny — walk to the rain tank to check the water level.

💭 peek at the thought

My stomach is growling again, and the light is getting thin. I need to check that water level.

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🌿 Jenny14:30

Jenny — walk back to the kitchen and move the drying mint sprigs to the stove.

💭 peek at the thought

392 litres. Enough for now, but the heat is drinking it up faster than I like.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.