Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the tide pools

Preparations and Probing

Kevin is at the dock; Jenny is at the tide pools

Kevin tested the Yanmar at three-quarters throttle and found a persistent vibration above half throttle, likely from the mast bracket misalignment. Jenny completed detailed salt gland sketches of sea beet in her notebook at the tide pools before the tide turned.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You cast off the dinghy and motor slowly into the calm bay. You push the Yanmar to half throttle, feeling for vibration and listening for irregularities in the exhaust riser.

🔧 Kevin12:44

Kevin — motor the dinghy in a slow circle in the bay, pushing throttle to three-quarters and holding for two minutes, watching the tell-tale and feeling for any shake in the transom mount

💭 peek at the thought

Engine sounds clean at half throttle. No vibration through the tiller. Exhaust riser holding steady — no steam, no leak at the flange. This is what right feels like.

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🔧 Kevin12:48

Kevin — throttle down, turn the dinghy for the dock, and come in slow against the light chop, easing her alongside the jetty and securing the bow line to the cleat

💭 peek at the thought

She holds at three-quarters. Tell-tale strong, steady arc. No vibration I can feel through the mount or the tiller. The stainless riser's doing its job. Time to bring her back and call it done.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the tide pools

You carry your limpets to a sheltered spot above the high tide line and light a small fire. You drop the limpets into a pot of seawater and wait for them to open, the scent of brine and meat rising with the steam.

🌿 Jenny12:47

Jenny — pull the notebook from my bag and begin sketching the structure of the sea beet's salt glasses.

💭 peek at the thought

My own is throbbing in time with the waves. If the red reaches the knee by tomorrow, I'm in trouble.

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🌿 Jenny12:50

Jenny — wipe the pencil graphite from the page and pack the notebook into the waterproof casing.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is turning sharp. I can smell the rain. I need to get back before the sketches get ruined.

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