.. Case in point. There's an Icom AT-130 tuner mounted OUTSIDE, right on
top of the aft cabin house just aft of the mizzen. It came with another
travesty of quick-connector on a pigtail, but had a stuffing tube I could
use by removing the STUPID pigtail and solder the control cable wires
straight to the PC control board inside. The case has a proper o-ring
seal and LOTS of heavy bolts to hold it SEALED. I've seen the tuner
awash in spray from over the rail offshore.

The inside of that little cheap tuner looks like the day I installed it
because it's SEALED and DOESN'T BREATHE! Raymarine, sir, can do much
better for 1215 US dollars.....

Larry

My Icom AT-130 manual's installation instructions specify removing the
"water drain screw" which faces downward following the preferred vertical or
horizontal mounting.
I, too, always thought that was a cruel joke.
Old Chief Lynn