And you only need one VHF antenna, and the GPS antenna is built into the unit, which works fine on most fiberglass boats. The 215 allows for a helm repeater handset - Garmin GHS 211 - which is fully capable, meaning you can change VHF channels, turn the VHF on or off, change volume, and listen to the handset extension's speaker in the cockpit. I replaced my Standard Horizon with the VHF 215 this season, and it integrated right into my NMEA2000 network, and displays AIS targets on my aging Garmin GPSMap 7212 chartplotter, which allows MARPA tracking, etc.
Garmin also has a VHF AIS (receive only) GPS product - the VHF 215 AIS ($550).
I'll share what I did, what I learned, and what I'd change.
I pretty much went through this thought process over the last year.
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