are they hard to install? i have a gd boat.

probably not hard at all but i think most require cutting a hole and drilling to mount them, no way id want to do that. I dont see the big fuss in them. whats wrong with your stock lights ?

no way Im cutting a hole in my boat, weakens the sides

Doesn't weaken the sides. I like them cause it gets them out of the way. I lay down when froggin alot and it's not poking me in the chest. And I have broke a few mounted to the top of the bow. I made a templet off the lights and used that to layout the cut pattern on the hull. Not hard to do at all.

Good Lord! ^

i like em, like how they are out of the way and u just aint got to worry about them or see them. its what i plan on mounting on mine. do have a question, not that it matters. my bay boat has them and i never seen the back of them, do u just have to drill a hole for a bulb or u have to cut out the oval?

No, there is an oval recess that has to be cut out.

I like em because they don't blind you nearly as bad as a deck mounted lights. I worry as much about seeing the other guy, and other stuff in my way, as him seeing me.

Just FYI, I got in a discussion with my builder, and finally just installed the lights myself, about split bow lights being legal. Near as I can tell, they are only legal if you have a center line mounted stern light. On bigger boats it is often a center line forward facing white light and then the stern can be off center.

I have been checked several time and nothing was ever said about them.

Every shark light I have seen doesn't have the CG approval on them, so technically they are illegal. However, I've yet to have a problem with a minner marshal yet over them. Knock on wood.

I like um cause you don't rip of your bow light everytime I load my 4 wheeler to go to camp.

I said split bow lights not shark eyes. Shark eyes have some of their own problems with distance. When I get a chance I will find the Coast Guard info and link it. No matter what you do it's best to know the law.

I don't think half the ranking fish cops know the law much less the guys on the water. But that does not mean I don't do everything I can to keep them out of my business.

Well, maybe I am wrong. I know when I looked into it a while ago it was worded different. Guess it was longer ago than I thought.

Here is a link to Boat US description with pictures

http://www.boatus.org/onlinecourse/Revi ... info2c.htm

The Coast Guard site is short sweet and says as close to ceneterline as practical a few times about combination sidelights (red/green) bow light (white) stern light (white) and all arounds. The pictures at Boat US are old ones from the CG site, I think.

My new set of shark eyes said "Now Coast Guard Approved" or something to that nature on the front of the package.

Nahh.... He can redeem himself. Hell look at RDR he did it.