Wanting to install LED strip lighting on my boat

Be cautious with the cheap eBay LED strips
I had some under my cabinets and the burned my apt down in college

I'll post a wiring schematic in a second though. It's pretty simple

you will want the fuse as close to the power source as you can. Does your boat have a fuse panel under the console? If so look closely as sometimes they have built in extra slots for accessories such as your lights.

from what I have read and been told it's pretty straight forward. they draw very low amperage and the whole process shouldn't be too bad except routing the wires.

Wire and Fuse Selection

Since someone has already offered to get you a schematic, here is some solid advice on fuse and wire selection. Even though you may only need 5A of supply, you have to select the correct wire size to make sure that the fuse is the weak point in the circuit.

12v (+) source - 10A Fuse - 18 or 16 Gauge wire - Switch - 18 or 16 Gauge wire - led controller

Ask @Whodat. He Almost killed Redfish and a with a shitty led light wire up on Redfish's boat. The crappy connection melted Wires and almost left us stranded on the coast in that cold weather a couple of weeks ago

Yeah I will recommend that you don't put white on the inside. Makes seeing at night miserable.

Thanks for the wiring diagram!

well I'm about 3/4 of the way through the install and it hasn't been too bad but I haven't had time to sit down and do it from start to finish. Only major problem I've run into so far was routing wires from the back to the dash because my gas tank is located under the seats. New bass cats have a lot more compartmentalized molding in the rear hatch than my previous model so I'm still debating how to handle that. Hope to have it finished tonight or tomorrow and I will try to post pics.
One piece of advice... always put scotch tape over fiberglass before drilling... will create a cleaner cut and the bit is less likely to slip. also will keep the fiberglass from chipping.