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Got the propane torch working Monday to finish soldering all the electrical connections and so I mounted the Minn Kota 55 on the motor mount on the family sloop this morning–snaking the power wires through the cavernous compartment under the cockpit to the midships battery. Wired and locked the thing to the mount to prevent theft by a casual thief. (A determined one wouldn’t be deterred even by a chain.) In reverse, with the dock lines on, the 55 piles about an inch of water against the stern. So we’re good to go on the first light-air day. The wind was whistling in the rigging this morning, not a day I’d normally go out even with an outboard. Cold front tonight will probably kick up more wind. So maybe Saturday will be the first chance to try it out on a sail.