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K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻 :donor: :clippy: @[email protected] · 2026-07-02 · 04:00 UTC

13/10 sailing today. 10ish knots of wind out of the southwest most of the day, with a few gusts of 15. It was the first time I was actually warm on Lake Superior. We did about 30 miles. 15 reaching, then beating back to the start.

I also replaced the aged tachometer in the boat with a fancy VDO tach that includes an hour meter. Figuring out the wiring was annoying but I even got the backlight working with the original Yanmar instrument panel light switch. And I put the first hour on the inboard that officially counts. The motor is 40 years old, I'm sure it has seen a few more hours than I've logged ;-), but now I can start following something like a proper hour-based maintenance schedule at least.

Everything feels like it is finally coming together with this boat. Which seems about right, since I'm shopping for something a little bigger. But if I am 'stuck' with this one for a few years I will not be sad at all...it really does sail well, and I've rebuilt about everything on it so am pretty confident in its ability to handle bad weather.

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K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻 :donor: :clippy: @[email protected] · 2026-07-02 · 04:00 UTC

13/10 sailing today. 10ish knots of wind out of the southwest most of the day, with a few gusts of 15. It was the first time I was actually warm on Lake Superior. We did about 30 miles. 15 reaching, then beating back to the start.

I also replaced the aged tachometer in the boat with a fancy VDO tach that includes an hour meter. Figuring out the wiring was annoying but I even got the backlight working with the original Yanmar instrument panel light switch. And I put the first hour on the inboard that officially counts. The motor is 40 years old, I'm sure it has seen a few more hours than I've logged ;-), but now I can start following something like a proper hour-based maintenance schedule at least.

Everything feels like it is finally coming together with this boat. Which seems about right, since I'm shopping for something a little bigger. But if I am 'stuck' with this one for a few years I will not be sad at all...it really does sail well, and I've rebuilt about everything on it so am pretty confident in its ability to handle bad weather.

#sailing #lakesuperior #duluthmn #s279

K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻 :donor: :clippy: @[email protected] · 2026-07-02 · 04:00 UTC

13/10 sailing today. 10ish knots of wind out of the southwest most of the day, with a few gusts of 15. It was the first time I was actually warm on Lake Superior. We did about 30 miles. 15 reaching, then beating back to the start.

I also replaced the aged tachometer in the boat with a fancy VDO tach that includes an hour meter. Figuring out the wiring was annoying but I even got the backlight working with the original Yanmar instrument panel light switch. And I put the first hour on the inboard that officially counts. The motor is 40 years old, I'm sure it has seen a few more hours than I've logged ;-), but now I can start following something like a proper hour-based maintenance schedule at least.

Everything feels like it is finally coming together with this boat. Which seems about right, since I'm shopping for something a little bigger. But if I am 'stuck' with this one for a few years I will not be sad at all...it really does sail well, and I've rebuilt about everything on it so am pretty confident in its ability to handle bad weather.

#sailing #lakesuperior #duluthmn #s279

K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻 :donor: :clippy: @[email protected] · 2026-07-02 · 04:00 UTC

13/10 sailing today. 10ish knots of wind out of the southwest most of the day, with a few gusts of 15. It was the first time I was actually warm on Lake Superior. We did about 30 miles. 15 reaching, then beating back to the start.

I also replaced the aged tachometer in the boat with a fancy VDO tach that includes an hour meter. Figuring out the wiring was annoying but I even got the backlight working with the original Yanmar instrument panel light switch. And I put the first hour on the inboard that officially counts. The motor is 40 years old, I'm sure it has seen a few more hours than I've logged ;-), but now I can start following something like a proper hour-based maintenance schedule at least.

Everything feels like it is finally coming together with this boat. Which seems about right, since I'm shopping for something a little bigger. But if I am 'stuck' with this one for a few years I will not be sad at all...it really does sail well, and I've rebuilt about everything on it so am pretty confident in its ability to handle bad weather.

#sailing #lakesuperior #duluthmn #s279

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K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻 :donor: :clippy: @[email protected] · 2026-07-02 · 04:00 UTC

13/10 sailing today. 10ish knots of wind out of the southwest most of the day, with a few gusts of 15. It was the first time I was actually warm on Lake Superior. We did about 30 miles. 15 reaching, then beating back to the start.

I also replaced the aged tachometer in the boat with a fancy VDO tach that includes an hour meter. Figuring out the wiring was annoying but I even got the backlight working with the original Yanmar instrument panel light switch. And I put the first hour on the inboard that officially counts. The motor is 40 years old, I'm sure it has seen a few more hours than I've logged ;-), but now I can start following something like a proper hour-based maintenance schedule at least.

Everything feels like it is finally coming together with this boat. Which seems about right, since I'm shopping for something a little bigger. But if I am 'stuck' with this one for a few years I will not be sad at all...it really does sail well, and I've rebuilt about everything on it so am pretty confident in its ability to handle bad weather.

#sailing #lakesuperior #duluthmn #s279