For the boater looking to purchase a new watercraft, the option of including LEDs onboard is fairly simple since most manufacturers offer either the option to have them added or include them as standard equipment. How in-depth their inclusion is depends upon the manufacturer, but for the most part, most important lighting can be ordered in LED configuration and the boater need do nothing. While the cost of including LEDs does indeed increase the overall purchase price of a boat, the savings in fuel and maintenance costs help to quickly offset their added expense and provide net savings in the long term. Even better, LEDs allow boaters for most practical intents to abandon the old ways of saving power, and now it is possible to run a multitude of lights for hours with little worry of draining batteries or having to run noisy gensets. Replacing bulbs is quickly becoming a thing of the past as well, and maintenance of LED equipped lighting systems consists mainly of ensuring connections and housings remain in good condition.