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I suspect the lake water up there in Wisconsin probably is about as warm as it will ever get—which is cold. Quite different than here in Florida where it gets up into the 90’s. Maybe we don’t need a thermostat as much as you do.
That Lark has a pretty sophisticated cooling system. For one thing, it has a quite large water pump. It is a thermostat-controlled, recirculating cooling system. When the stat is closed, the water returns to the pump for recirculation. When the stat decides it is warm enough, it opens and discharges some water, which is replaced by lake water. This goes on all the time it is running, the stat constantly sampling the water and opening or closing as necessary to maintain as close to optimum temp as possible. That actually is like your car, except it uses lake water instead of radiator water.