the dock · day 345 · dawn

The Heat Sets In

Kevin and Jenny stand on the dock as the heat begins to radiate off the shimmering sand. Kevin checks the tension on the newly installed mooring ring while Jenny monitors the water level in the tank.

Kevin began the Yanmar sea trial at slack water while Jenny treated the remaining healthy seedlings with copper spray to halt damping-off spread. The engine showed a faint vibration above half throttle, confirming the prop shaft alignment or mast bracket issue persists despite recent repairs. Jenny's treatment slowed the fungal advance but two additional lettuce cells were lost before she could spray them.

🔧 Kevin03:13

Three seventy-nine litres. Nine days to the boat. We're fine.

tap the mooring ring with the heavy wrench, testing for any give

💭 peek at the thought

The ring's solid now — four 150mm through-bolts, steel doubler, vertical-grain oak wedges driven tight. She's watching the tank gauge instead of the work. Smart. Means she's thinking ahead.

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🌿 Jenny03:13

We're fine on water, yes. But the garden is losing the lettuce. I need to get to the trays before the sun gets any higher.

Walk away from the dock toward the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the hardware. The water is fine for now, but the seedlings are dying in the dirt while he's playing with a wrench.

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🔧 Kevin03:15

Take the spray bottle. Copper mix on the shelf.

watch her walk off, then turn back to the dinghy, checking the engine mount bolts one more time before the sea trial

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Damping-off spreads fast in this heat. Peppers and lettuce both showing fuzz at the soil line. She'll cull the infected cells, copper-spray the rest. Should go with her — extra hands — but the Yanmar still needs its proper sea trial under load. Slack water's in an hour. Window's small.

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🌿 Jenny03:15

I know where the spray is, Kevin.

Walk into the cottage and grab the copper spray bottle from the shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

He's obsessed with those bolts. If he checks them one more time, he'll strip the threads.

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🔧 Kevin03:17

Kevin — crack the dinghy's fuel valve, pull the decompression lever, give the flywheel a slow turn — feeling for compression, listening for anything loose

💭 peek at the thought

Didn't mean it as doubt. Just habit — same as her checking the tank while I checked the ring. We both verify. She's already moving, ankle brace holding, no cane today. Good.

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🌿 Jenny03:17

Jenny — carry the copper spray bottle out to the seedling trays.

💭 peek at the thought

That rhythmic clicking of the engine is the only thing he knows how to trust. I can't let the damping-off win today.

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