Raymarine Sirius weather

[weatherbymag]

Does anybody have either the SR100 or SR50 Sirius weather module, is it worth the money??

 

[ElyseM]

it depends. i put xm weather in this season because last year i bagged a lot of days because of "thunderstorm" predictions that turned out to be nothing. this year, i didn't miss any days because of a forecast. i was always able to keep an eye on any storm that actually occurred and determine if i had to head for the docks. even though many of the forecasts for my area weren't good, none of the storms i observed even came close. i also used it for sea state and wind info. there is a lot more and i will investigate that next season.

so if something like that interests you, it's worth it. ron

 

[weatherbymag]

thanks for the feedback..

as for the subscription, being in the northeast.. having it 12 months a year it not worth it, can we buy it month to month?? may through october??

 

[ElyseM]

you request them to put it on "hold". (at least for xm; i'd be surprised if sirius is not the same). you can do it for a max of 5 months. when it comes back on, there is no activation fee. i just did mine on the 4th, comes back on april 4th. ron