MarineWX on Sirius...
 

Don't know if this has been posted before, but I came across this on a
boat today - WAY cool.

http://www.sirius.com/marineweather

If you are a Sirius subscriber, it looks very interesting. And very
real time although there wasn't a lot of "weather" to watch.

The unit I saw this feature on was a Raymarine C120 system on a 33
Grady White Canyon center console.

And it has everything from real time buoy monitoring, surface temp
readouts for the area, wave reports, real time Nexrad - very
impressive. What was really neat was you could put all four readouts
(radar, sounder, GPS and WX) up on the display at the same time - that
was nifty. Mix and match was interesting - radar/WX, GPS/WX and there
is a way to overlay the displays but I didn't get around to playing
with that.

A tad expensive for the small boater, but to be honest, being the
semi-geek I am, I could see spending the $4k to put an entire C70
system on my Ranger if only because I boat in the NE where things can
change in a hurry. It would be nice to call up real time WX radar
when things get snarky and overlay the WX radar on GPS.

The Sirius isn't that expensive either all things considered - $800
for the receiver/translator and $30/month for the data. Considering
the average boating season, six months, the $180 is well spent - to me
anyway.

By the way, I am very impressed with the Canyon 33 - this is one sweet
CC, very comparable to my Contender Fisharound. only with more room
for some reason even with similar configuration.

MarineWX on Sirius...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Don't know if this has been posted before, but I came across this on a
boat today - WAY cool.

http://www.sirius.com/marineweather

If you are a Sirius subscriber, it looks very interesting. And very
real time although there wasn't a lot of "weather" to watch.

The unit I saw this feature on was a Raymarine C120 system on a 33
Grady White Canyon center console.

And it has everything from real time buoy monitoring, surface temp
readouts for the area, wave reports, real time Nexrad - very
impressive. What was really neat was you could put all four readouts
(radar, sounder, GPS and WX) up on the display at the same time - that
was nifty. Mix and match was interesting - radar/WX, GPS/WX and there
is a way to overlay the displays but I didn't get around to playing
with that.

A tad expensive for the small boater, but to be honest, being the
semi-geek I am, I could see spending the $4k to put an entire C70
system on my Ranger if only because I boat in the NE where things can
change in a hurry. It would be nice to call up real time WX radar
when things get snarky and overlay the WX radar on GPS.

The Sirius isn't that expensive either all things considered - $800
for the receiver/translator and $30/month for the data. Considering
the average boating season, six months, the $180 is well spent - to me
anyway.

By the way, I am very impressed with the Canyon 33 - this is one sweet
CC, very comparable to my Contender Fisharound. only with more room
for some reason even with similar configuration.


The Canyon 33 - is that the CC with two 350s, or is it triple 250s? I
like the "express" model more...because of the comfy little cabin.

MarineWX on Sirius...
 

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:54:37 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
| Don't know if this has been posted before, but I came across this on a
| boat today - WAY cool.
|
| http://www.sirius.com/marineweather
|
| If you are a Sirius subscriber, it looks very interesting. And very
| real time although there wasn't a lot of "weather" to watch.
|
| The unit I saw this feature on was a Raymarine C120 system on a 33
| Grady White Canyon center console.
|
| And it has everything from real time buoy monitoring, surface temp
| readouts for the area, wave reports, real time Nexrad - very
| impressive. What was really neat was you could put all four readouts
| (radar, sounder, GPS and WX) up on the display at the same time - that
| was nifty. Mix and match was interesting - radar/WX, GPS/WX and there
| is a way to overlay the displays but I didn't get around to playing
| with that.
|
| A tad expensive for the small boater, but to be honest, being the
| semi-geek I am, I could see spending the $4k to put an entire C70
| system on my Ranger if only because I boat in the NE where things can
| change in a hurry. It would be nice to call up real time WX radar
| when things get snarky and overlay the WX radar on GPS.
|
| The Sirius isn't that expensive either all things considered - $800
| for the receiver/translator and $30/month for the data. Considering
| the average boating season, six months, the $180 is well spent - to me
| anyway.
|
| By the way, I am very impressed with the Canyon 33 - this is one sweet
| CC, very comparable to my Contender Fisharound. only with more room
| for some reason even with similar configuration.
|
|
| The Canyon 33 - is that the CC with two 350s, or is it triple 250s?
Twin 350s.

| I like the "express" model more...because of the comfy little cabin.

Me, too.... and then you might as well spring for the 36 footer. It
has the options of: twin 350s, triple 250s, or triple 350s....

... or 44mph/.93mpg to 53mph/.86mpg


whatever...... WAY overpriced....



Yeah, they are. But they sure are nice.

MarineWX on Sirius...
 

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:41:52 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

whatever...... WAY overpriced....

Actually, not really when you get down to actually talking turkey.

In terms of high end boats, you are paying more, but it's not as much
as you might think. Compared to a similar Contender, it's not that
much more for the Grady.

It is what it is - a long range fishing boat with some amenities which
is what I prefer.

The only problem now is getting rid of the Yamahas which seems to be a
sticking point.

MarineWX on Sirius...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:41:52 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:


The only problem now is getting rid of the Yamahas which seems to be a
sticking point.

I understand they are excellent anchors.

MarineWX on Sirius...
 

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:58:04 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:41:52 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:


The only problem now is getting rid of the Yamahas which seems to be a
sticking point.

I understand they are excellent anchors.

Rather expensive though.

MarineWX on Sirius...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:41:52 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

whatever...... WAY overpriced....

Actually, not really when you get down to actually talking turkey.

In terms of high end boats, you are paying more, but it's not as much
as you might think. Compared to a similar Contender, it's not that
much more for the Grady.

It is what it is - a long range fishing boat with some amenities which
is what I prefer.

The only problem now is getting rid of the Yamahas which seems to be a
sticking point.


Who do you suppose the next owner of the Evinrude brand name will be?


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