Once I locked into the correct setting I could not believe the clarity and
quality of the sound.......certainly as good as any FM broadcast on the
boat's radio.

Which isn't much a testament to the FM tuner on that radio then. I've found
all of the FM transmitters to have horrible fidelity. That and most work
quite poorly, due to not having enough transmitting power to let the radio
pick them up. I tried 6 different ones in our cars before deciding the one
from Monster "sucked then least" to work in my jeep. I went with an
mp3car.com interface for the wife's convertible.

Looks like a winner as I am able to not only use the Ipod on the boat but
also in our cars and home stereo. I also spent about as much for it as I
would have with only a stereo upgrade on the boat, yet now have the
flexibility of an Ipod. ;-)

Beware that moisture will kill that iPod. They're nowhere near sealed
enough for a marine environment. That and if you buy the tunes off iTunes
when you fry the unit you'll have the displeasure of having to download them
all over again to a new one. Or, worst case, BUY them all over again.
Better to get an Otterbox or Aquabox to protect it from the elements.

But yeah, it's soooo much better than putting up with CDs or the radio,
ain't it?

-Bill Kearney