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Dfreedom-You are so on the money! I have been saying this now for years. I am not annoyed with Obama. I expected the treatment we are getting. It is the people who elected him that are the real issue.

Thank you for the replies. I already drilled a 4" hole in the bottom to mount the thru-hull 1Kw transducer. I personally would rather have one thru-hull as opposed to many screw holes. The hole required for a thru-hull is not that big. I don't see the big deal about a 1" hole as opposed to a 3/16" hole. You are still drilling through the hull either way. I am going with less (holes) is more. Thank you again.

Thank you for the replies. SC- I think you have a good idea and have read good things about your lights however I do NOT want wires coming up over my transom. My question is intended more in the direction of what light would you use and why. I do NOT want holes, even screw holes in my transom. I am thinking less holes may be more in the way of water-tight integrity. I am thinking I would rather drill one hole through the transom per light and be done with it instead of having a bunch of screws in my transom. The Ocean LED A12's are supposedly bright however these are flush mounted and require a bunch of screws in the transom. They are also a polymer housing. For the money these folks want for their lights, the housing should be metal and made out of GOLD. I do NOT want any plastic, polymer or anything not metal under the waterline with the exception of the fiberglass hull. In my opinion, the cost of all these lights is ridiculous. The mark-up must be turn-key times a factor of 3-5. Would you folks go the flush mount route and put many screws in your transom or go with a thru-hull (one thru-hull hole)?

There is NOT a better place for boating and fishing than Stuart IMO. I was two miles off the beach last week and watching sailfish jump all around us. I would not go further south than Jupiter but that's just me. We are the northern part of southern FL.

I am trying to decide which underwater transom lights to obtain and install on a new 23 Parker SE. I want green color lights. What would you folks pick and why. There are different schools of thought with these lights. Some guys feel the surface mount is best as you only need about a 3/16" thru-hull hole. The potential issue is having to screw the light to the tranom using 3,4,5 and maybe 6 screws, depending upon the particular light and I need/want two lights. I am NOT happy about screwing a bunch of holes in the transom for fear of water intrusion. I also am familiar with 4200 and 5200 and am still NOT happy. Then there is flush mount and thru-hull which would require one hole drilled thru-hull of about 3/4" - 1". This seems better to me as there are less holes in the transom. The problem is if the light requires repair then it needs to be removed. I also only want a full metal (bronze) housing, no plastic, polymer or aluminum housing. I am amazed at the price of these lights. The cost of an LED is CHEAP, the electronic portion of these lights is CHEAP, a metal bronze housing is NOT that expensive and many of these lights go for near a grand a piece. It seems to me there is some in-frickin-sane mark-up. Ok, have at it. Thanks in advance.

Try and use your TWIC card as a photo ID in an airport. It's sorta funny. I was aked to show a photo ID at the airport security desk upon check-in. The TSA person looked at it as if it was from another planet and said, "OK, do you have a drivers license"? What a frickin waste of time and money.

Sending out a hello and wishing Wiley well !