Well, I have been wanting to do this for a bit. *Posted in the past here and other forums trying to find a good set up. *Most involved expensive raymarine cameras, dedicated TV monitors, running 12v power, etc. etc. *All of that seemed more complicated than I wanted. *I think I have found the stupid simple solution. *Since I am using my macbook for my GPS, it occurred to me all I need is a webcam. *So- I ran 16' of USB cable from the lower helm down to the engine room. *I set the little webcam up that I already had and it provides a perfect view and doesn't require any additional power besides the USB cable plugged into the macbook. *I plugged it all in and set the cam up in a temporary location and it seems to work perfectly. *I am going to go to the store and getting a higher quality cam tomorrow and build an L-shaped wooden mounting bracket to screw the cam down to and then attach that to a bulkhead. *In playing around with it I am pretty sure I can set a cam angle up where I can see the trans, the shaft, the dripless shaft seal, as well as the racor vacuum gauge. *Since it's on my macbook I can adjust my screen size for the GPS program I use and/or minimize the webcam screen. *I am curious- has anyone utilized this simple set up and if so, how well have you found it to work for you? *Attached is a screen shot of my GPS program and the webcam screen up at the same time. *The cam pic is fuzzy as it is a cheap cam (thus my planning to upgrade tomorrow) and it's out of focus (it was super zoomed in) and not pointed where I ended up finding the right angle (note to self- it is hard to adjust an engine room cam when no one else is there to tell you what the cam is showing and it means you have to climb in and out of the engine room!) but I think you get the idea. *We should be testing it out on our weekend trip next week but I thought I'd see if anyone else has tried this and found it to be a workable, long term solution. *I definitely like the affordability factor! *The good thing is I should still be able to see it up on the bridge since I ran the dual screen cable to the bridge for the flatscreen I will be mounting up there once the weather stays warm long enough to make being on the bridge actually fun.