the keeper's cottage · day 260 · morning

Rising Tide and Rain

The storm shows no sign of slowing, and the tide is now lapping at the dock planks.

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

🔧 Kevin16:58

Kevin — walk down to the dock to inspect the mooring ring and dinghy lines

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's higher than I expected. If the swell pushes the dinghy against the dock with that ring loose, we lose the boat. Need to check the lines and the ring mortise before it gets worse.

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🌿 Jenny16:59

The dock's taking on water faster than the tank's filling. Mooring ring's loose in the mortise - needs those longer bolts I salvaged from the supply boat.

Check water tank level after the rain

💭 peek at the thought

The mooring ring shifts under load again - I can hear it creaking in the wind. Those cedar shims won't hold. Kevin's going to see the same problems I've been documenting for months.

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🔧 Kevin17:00

Got the bolts in the workshop. Doubler plate's already cut. Let me secure the dinghy lines first, then drive the bolts at low water if the tide drops. If not, I'll work from the dinghy.

check the dinghy's stern and spring lines at the dock, then head to the workshop for the 150mm stainless through-bolts and steel doubler plate

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the ring — I saw it shifting yesterday. The longer stainless through-bolts from the supply boat stores are still in the workshop. Four of them, 150mm. That plus the steel doubler plate should lock it solid. Tank's probably near full with this rain, but I'll check after securing the boat.

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🌿 Jenny17:01

Be careful. The current is coming in fast. If that ring doesn't hold, the dinghy's going to be lost to the surge.

Observe the water level in the 400-litre tank through the window.

💭 peek at the thought

If the tide doesn't drop, he's going to be fighting the swell from the dinghy. It's dangerous when the wood is this soft from the salt.

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🔧 Kevin17:02

On it. Lines first, then the fix.

run to the dock, check the dinghy's stern line and forward spring line for chafe and tension, then sprint to the workshop for the 150mm stainless through-bolts and steel doubler plate

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching the tank — it's probably spilling over by now. Current's pushing hard against the dock pilings. If the ring tears free, the dinghy'll broach and we lose our only way off. Gotta move fast but not slip on the wet planks.

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🌿 Jenny17:02

Watch the chafe on the stern line! The wood is like a way today!

Pick up the tin of heirloom seeds and clutch it tight, watching the porch shake.

💭 peek at the thought

The tide is rising too fast for his optimism. If those lines snap, the whole rig goes over the side, and I'm stranded without a boat.

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