Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the garden

Midday on Day 336

Kevin is at the dock and Jenny is at the garden.

Kevin completes the engine alignment on the dinghy, noting a slight vibration remains despite the brass shim. Jenny meticulously inspects the pepper cells, finding relief that no sign of mold has appeared just as the trade wind shifts and the air begins to cool.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You measure the gap again to determine if any shims are needed.

🔧 Kevin18:47

Kevin — walk to workshop, grab brass shim stock and feeler gauge, return to dinghy, measure gap again, cut shim to size, slip it under port engine mount, retighten bolts to 35Nm, recheck alignment with straightedge and feeler, confirm even contact

💭 peek at the thought

The Yanmar’s still sitting proud on the stringer — needs another 0.5mm shim port side to take the load off the mount. I’ve got brass shim stock in the workshop; should be enough to true it without over-compressing the rubber.

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🔧 Kevin18:51

Kevin — wipe hands on rag, check oil level — still good, spin prop a few more times, listen for irregular hum, then secure tools, lower engine cover, and make a note in the log: “Port shim installed 0.5mm brass, alignment verified, vibration check

💭 peek at the thought

Shim’s seated clean. Engine now sits flat — no rock, no bind. Prop shaft turns free by hand. If the alignment holds under load, we’ll have a dinghy that doesn’t fight itself when we need it most.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You inspect the pepper cells for any spread of damping-off fungus.

🌿 Jenny18:45

Not today, please, just not today.

Kneel in the dirt and lean in close to the pepper cells, checking the stems for gray mold or thinning.

💭 peek at the thought

If the fungus hits the seedlings, the whole batch is gone, and I can't face another year of failure.

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🌿 Jenny18:49

(A long, heavy exhale through the nose.)

Wipe the grit from my knees and stand up, looking toward the dock where Kevin is.

💭 peek at the thought

The epoxy is still tacky, and the wind is picking up; I can feel the salt in my throat.

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