Swaboid is usually right about cameras, home theater, consumer optics, and
even boats (but not necessarily sailing).

It's really sad that such good qualities are overshadowed by cruelty.

Hell will be a fun place when he arrives there!

Amen!

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
Swabbie is right about the iPod. Make note of it because
it may be the first and only time he will ever be right.

I used an iPod on a charter last March and loved it.
The only problem was the FM interface to the stereo was
degraded by the boat's Navigation equipment--this was not
a problem when anchored and these instruments are off.
I've since bought a hard wire interface for my home stereo.
That might be more of a pain to hook up on a charter, but
certainly worth the effort for your own boat.

This charter boat had a Sat radio system, which we didn't
use once. I saw no need for it given our huge music selection
and personal playlists, unless you want news. Who wants news
in the islands? Not me! I go to the islands to tune out all the
evil in the world. Sat Radio playlists are crap no matter what
channel you chose and I hate the voice commentary.

I've been using Harmon Kardan Sound Stick II's for computer
speakers to play MPEGs and find I use my computer for a music
far more than I do my iPod driven stereo. I plan to bypass the
power supply to run these off DC on the boat.

My plan is to mount the SS/II's two column speakers on
clamps and lengthen the wire feeding them. This would
make a great sounding portable music solution for anywhere.
The SS/II's have four tweeters in each column driving a tuned
port for mid range. The single subwoofer also has a tuned cavity
with plenty of punch without needed a huge amp to drive it.
At only $119, I strongly recommend these speakers.

"J Beck" wrote
Who Cares!!!!!

"Capt. Rob" wrote
Suzanne just bought me the Sirius Replay radio for the car and boat!!!
For those of you who have yet to try Satellite radio, you'll never
listen to regular radio again. XM is also excellent.

For my B'Day Suzanne bought me the new Video Ipod 60 gig. For those of
you who don't mind mixing music with sailing, the Ipod holds about 1300
CDs. We have put nearly 150 CDs on the Ipod along with original Star
Trek episodes! It docks on board with the stereo and replaces the
jumble of CDs and tapes. We still will keep the DVD on board, but it
probably won't see much use.