the dock · day 64 · dawn

The Morning Tide Debris

Kevin kneels by the edge of the dinghy, inspecting the pitting on the seacock housing while Jenny sits on a weathered plank, sorting through sea beet leaves on her notebook as the sun rises.

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

🔧 Kevin11:55

Starboard seacock's worse than I thought. Pitting under the flange. Gotta dress it back before the new O-rings seat proper.

scrape corrosion from seacock flange with wire brush and emery cloth

💭 peek at the thought

Pitting's deeper than last month. Bronze is weeping at the flange. If the O-ring seats on that corrosion, it'll weep saltwater into the bilge within a week. Need to clean it back to clean metal before the new rings go in. Tide's still low — got maybe two hours before it covers the through-hull.

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🌿 Jenny11:55

Use the fine grit for the finish. The salt eats metal faster than wood this year.

sketch the salt gland structure on a fresh sea beet leaf in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

If he doesn't get that surface smooth, the next surge will find a way into the hull.

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🔧 Kevin11:57

Fine grit it is. Acetone wipe after.

switch to fine emery cloth, polish the flange seating surface smooth

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Coarse grit leaves scratches that become corrosion highways. Fine paper, then wipe with acetone if I've got any left. Salt's been vicious this season — ate through the anchor shackle in six months.

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🌿 Jenny11:58

Make sure it's bone dry. Any grit left will tear the seal.

stand up and walk toward the kitchen to check the waterets.

💭 peek at the thought

He's focused on the metal, but I can hear the rat in the pantry again.

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🔧 Kevin11:58

Got a clean rag in the tool roll. Acetone tin's on the porch shelf.

wipe flange clean with rag and acetone, inspect seating surface for pits missed

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong. One grain of grit and the seal rolls, then you're pumping bilge at 0300. Need a clean rag and the acetone tin — if the rat hasn't chewed through it.

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🌿 Jenny11:59

I'll check the tank while you're at it. Don't lose the light.

walk to the cottage to inspect the water tank for leaks.

💭 peek at the thought

If that surface is still pitted, we'll be losing water by the next tide.

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