Yes...hose clamps all the way...and not the crimp type that tighten down after you let the psi off them...the screw in type...I have used zip ties on four wheelers and lawnmowers....but being in the boat bilige I would go with the hose clamp.
"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 25:15