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I did it last summer, middle of July - left a little before 6am, was at the dock in Windigo by 9am. It is about 90 miles from my beach, and about 75 miles of open water from Outer Island to Rock of Ages. It was glass calm when I left, and I ran in the upper 30s, so a little over 2 1/2 hours. Much of the trip I sat on the cooler seat in front of the console and read a book while the autopilot drove (I had a remote and an extension of the kill switch clipped to me).

It was a whim really - I was at the cabin alone for a few days, the forecast was good, so I went. Mainly to just do it. Topped off with gas, went up to Sikiwit Bay, hung out and fished for much of the day, I was going to stay overnight, but the forecast that evening was for it to build the next day, so I came back that evening, getting back a little before 10pm. Only kind of dumb thing I did was not tell anyone I was going. I just went.

My GPS track for the day said 240 or 245 miles. I had a pair of 13 gallon tempos under the leaning post in addition to the belly tank, so just over 100 gallons of fuel.

Man was I sore the next morning.