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As an addendum that I almost added last night, I went with the Stern Saver at a point where I was more worried than I am now about holes in the transom. At the time I installed my transducer I was reworking a new to me Montauk and there were a dozen or so holes in the transom filled to varying degrees with silicone and 5200 that I had just filled with epoxy. In the case of the Stern Saver it goes on with a secret adhesive that I think is *very* similar to West System Gflex. In any case the only way the Stern Saver is coming off is with a saw of some sort. You can see I installed trim tabs (link below), bedded in 5200, so I've gotten over putting screws in my transom. In any event, I did benefit from the Stern Saver as I moved the transducer around beyond the intrinsic up and down slide adjustment, which was truly no problem with the Stern Saver.

Not so great photo, here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1026945...otostream/.