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Daydreamin · 06-15-2009, 11:50 PM

I have it on my boat and in my opinion it is worth the expense after it saves just one trip or gets you and your crew around, past or in between thunderstorms. Last year I was on someone elses boat out at the rigs enjoying great weather. No weather but 48 mile radar. A captain on a large sportfisher asked us if we had heard about the line of storms that had formed along the coast and was moving south....uh...70+ miles away? Nope...so we change our fishing plans, decide to head to the hill as fast as we can. Seas turn from 1-2 to 6-8 and from SW to confused. Drove thru lightning and worst sea conditions any of us had ever been in making about 6 knots, and pouring down rain...it was a nightmare.

With weather on the boat I can see with just one glance not just the size and intensity of the storms and cells, but the amount of lightning in each cell and the direction and speed of each cell. Is an epirb worth 800-1,200 bucks? Not until you need it and then how much would you pay? With weather you can zoom out to see the entire southeast or the entire country. The sea surface temp is useless. Not enough detail or granularity to be useful.

06-15-2009, 11:50 PM	#8
Daydreamin Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Gulf Shores Posts: 92	RE: Sirius Weather I have it on my boat and in my opinion it is worth the expense after it saves just one trip or gets you and your crew around, past or in between thunderstorms. Last year I was on someone elses boat out at the rigs enjoying great weather. No weather but 48 mile radar. A captain on a large sportfisher asked us if we had heard about the line of storms that had formed along the coast and was moving south....uh...70+ miles away? Nope...so we change our fishing plans, decide to head to the hill as fast as we can. Seas turn from 1-2 to 6-8 and from SW to confused. Drove thru lightning and worst sea conditions any of us had ever been in making about 6 knots, and pouring down rain...it was a nightmare. With weather on the boat I can see with just one glance not just the size and intensity of the storms and cells, but the amount of lightning in each cell and the direction and speed of each cell. Is an epirb worth 800-1,200 bucks? Not until you need it and then how much would you pay? With weather you can zoom out to see the entire southeast or the entire country. The sea surface temp is useless. Not enough detail or granularity to be useful.