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the dock · day 263 · morning

Preparing for the boat

Kevin and Jenny meet at the dock as the rain begins to taper. The tide is starting to turn.

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

🌿 Jenny19:55

The tank is at capacity. We need to check the waymar before the boat arrives.

Jenny wipes the condensation from her notebook and tucks it into her waterproof bag.

💭 peek at the thought
The water is rising, but my stomach is still empty. He looks as tired as I feel, but louder.

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🔧 Kevin19:56

Aye. Let’s take her out for ten minutes, see how she behaves under load.

walk to dinghy, release mooring lines, climb aboard, start Yanmar engine, motor slowly out of shelter into open water, increase throttle to half load, hold steady for ten minutes while monitoring vibration and temp.

💭 peek at the thought
The tank’s full, rain’s easing, and she’s right—Yanmar needs a final load test before the supply boat sees it. If it holds, we’ve got a real way off this rock if we ever need it.

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🌿 Jenny19:56

Keep an eye on the temperature. I don't want the way seizing again.

way sits on the bench, eyes fixed on the engine housing, listening for any change in the rhythm.

💭 peek at the thought
If that engine coughs now, I'm stuck on this rock for another month.

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🔧 Kevin19:58

Temp’s holding at eighty-two, steady. No smoke, no knock. Sounds clean.

maintain half throttle, glance at temp gauge every thirty seconds, listen for irregular vibration, keep course perpendicular to swell to avoid rocking the engine, after ten minutes reduce to idle, turn back toward dock.

💭 peek at the thought
She’s watching the gauges like a hawk—last time it seized cost us a day and half our diesel. This time it’s got to stay cool, or we’re hauling it back by hand.

nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

🌿 Jenny19:58

That's good. Let's get back before the swell picks up again.

Jenny watches the water, noting the steady vibration of the engine against the hull.

💭 peek at the thought
It's holding for now. Maybe I can actually look at those seeds tomorrow.

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🔧 Kevin20:00

Coming in.

idle the Yanmar, steer the dinghy alongside the dock, cut engine, grab the bow line, step onto the jetty, secure bow and stern lines to the cleats, check the mooring ring holds without shifting.

💭 peek at the thought
Swell’s building—can feel the period shortening. Best to be tied up before it turns nasty and the supply boat skips us.

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

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