Hi

I am cruising around europe in my Moody 42 and recently bought a Hitachi Worldspace radio, also in GIB.

I find that I have no problem using it whilst sailing, even with a bit or rolling sea, so it gets my recommendation on this front at least.
However I do think that the choice of channels is a bit Agfrican oriented, there being only so much news from Soweto that you need to hear !

As for battery consumption I do not yet have any idea as I have yet to flatten a set, and run opf the mains when I have it available.

Hope this helps.

PS, the price of the sets seems to vary but in GIB I got the Hitachi for 130gbp.

Steve