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

Midday work divides

Kevin is at the cottage workshop clamping the teak doubler onto the mast step; Jenny is in the woods checking the vole mesh and drying heirloom tomato seeds by the stove.

Kevin honed the bronze sleeve bore to tolerance and fitted it to the piston pin boss. Jenny boiled limpets with corned beef fat and found the rat trap sprung but empty, with bait gone.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You stand at the workbench, the teak doubler clamped tight against the spruce mast step. Epoxy squeezes from the scarf joints. The clamps are set, the alignment true. You have hours before you can unclamp and drill the through-bolt holes. The band saw sits quiet. The bronze sleeve for the Yanmar sits on the shelf, measured but not fitted.

🔧 Kevin23:12

Kevin — walk to the Yanmar on the porch, bring the bronze sleeve and honing stone to the bench, set up the micrometer and start honing the sleeve bore slow and steady

💭 peek at the thought

Epoxy's setting clean. No weeping at the scarf — wood flour held. Three hours minimum before I can drill, six before load. Bronze sleeve still needs the bore honed to 0.002 clearance. Should run the hone while the clamps sit.

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🔧 Kevin23:16

Kevin — continue honing the bronze sleeve bore, checking fit with the micrometer and piston pin boss every few passes, working slow to hold tolerance

💭 peek at the thought

Hone's cutting clean. Two thou off high spots, checking every thirty seconds. Sleeve's taking the stone even — good bronze. Another fifteen minutes and it'll slip the piston pin boss with hand pressure. Mast step epoxy should be at green strength by then.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the woods

You sit at the cottage table near the wood stove, the heirloom tomato seeds spread on paper towels. The warmth rises, drying them slow. The rat trap behind the pantry shelves is still set, unbothered. The limpets wait in a bowl for boiling. The corned beef fat is solid in the cast iron skillet. The barometer on the wall reads 1013 hPa, steady.

🌿 Jenny23:15

Stay dry, just a little longer.

Pick up a single tomato seed and inspect the coat for any hint of white serious.

💭 peek at the thought

If I don't get these dry now, the mold will take the whole tin before the boat even shows up.

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🌿 Jenny23:18

Jenny — stand up and walk to the stove to check the water for the limpets.

💭 peek at the thought

The seeds are less damp, but the air is still too heavy to be sure.

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