if using the ICW and the Bahamas a form of
internet connection will give you a ton more information than a dedicated
satellite radio weather
service, which you pay for anyway. The
internet sources can be used for a whole lot more than just weather and will run on your computer so no need to buy dedicated
equipment. Either a
phone card or
Wifi capability or a combination of both and you have all of the weather information possible. We had excellent weather info along our entire
passage from
Houston to the
east coast and we used only an external
Wifi antenna. There are lots of different set ups to accomplish this and is far superior to the Sirius Weather subscription.