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There's a question & answer page at the faa.gov site. It addresses this question specifically. "Q. If I own multiple drones, do I have to register them all? A. No. You may register once and apply the same registration number to all your UAS."

Only if it weighs more than 250 grams, roughly half a pound, and you fly outside. The real interesting part is they don't need any information on the drones, only the operators. You don't have to even declare how many you have, nor register multiple drones. This is really more about...

Thanks. I had everything but a couple of short drop cables and the female terminator already laying around. So for under $100 out of pocket I can run the whole boat. The Vesper translates N2K data to wireless, and the Garmin repeats its data on to N2K, so I can get all my instrumentation into...

I don't need them. I do wreck diving, so they'll be handy for that, and for spotting structure in general. I'm really not that much of a fisherman. In that I like to do it, but aren't all that great. I do enjoy spearfishing. Basically, I wanted them more than I wanted new radar so I...

We have a functioning Benmar AP, and the Ray 10 works for now. When I restock the refit budget I'll get the Garmin xHD unit. I'm debating moving the heading sensor from the sailboat. I just never found myself using the overlay feature much, I really prefer the radar plain old heads up. It'll...

That would be: "How to make a small fortune in boating? Start with a big one." So my new to me trawler came with ancient electronics, some maybe even original from 1979. So it's all coming out, and in with the new. I am bringing some equipment over from my sailboat, grabbing some stuff I...

Second and third this. I've been using the 8000 on the sailboat for a while, and just got one for our trawler. If you use OpenCPN at all the WiFi translation of NMEA data is awesome. Pair it with a SH GX2000 VHF and link them up via NMEA2K super easy. Add a RAM remote mic for the flybridge...

I did mine a few weeks ago and it was $215. The license is issued via the ULS system, the FCC will notify you of the successful grant via email then you can look up the license online. That was for the ship's station. You'll need a separate license for each radio operator aboard (no test but...

We went out yesterday and looped Anacapa island and spent a bit at Santa Cruz Island. The forecast was definitely better than the actual. The only issue we had was the current was ripping around the east end of Anacapa, perpendicular to the swell and opposite the wind. That really stacked up...

Brought the boat back today, and it was so nice I took a nice detour out to Anacapa Island. It only took three approaches to put her in the slip, not bad for the first time in her permanent home. I also managed not to hit anything, although the wind was blowing hard enough from that I had to...

I had my boat out for the first time this weekend, we took it up to stay on for the weekend. I've never handled a trawler yacht before. I figured with a single and no thruster it would handle like a sailboat. So not even close. It suffers from radical understeer. If I turn the wheel in...

The PO bought a titanium chain that isn't supposed to require a bunch of lubrication. I haven't spent the time researching it to see exactly what it needs yet. I've got hydraulic steering now, and my sailboat has a tiller, so I haven't had to deal with steering chain for years. Even then it...

Guilty on both. Love that pizza place. I'll miss it if I head back inland.

I went to the boat tonight to take pictures and check the dock lines. It's blowing like crazy here. The prop shaft doesn't have an additional bearing, but the sprocket for the get-home is attached directly to the trans, on the engine side of the shaft coupling. It's at least 6 feet to the...

Best of luck!

I wore a shirt from a collegiate club I belonged to in to work the other day. When I got in, I saw one of the new guys. On a whim I asked the year he was born. Yup, one year before the date on my shirt. I thought it was sad because they are so young. They thought it was sad because it was...

Sort of. It actually has 300 gallons capacity split between two tanks. One of them developed a pinhole leak two owners ago, and rather than fix it they just quit using it. So they listed only the one usable tank in the advert. Both the engine surveyor and the hull surveyor are in agreement...

I'm pretty new here, so I typed this, then deleted it, then decided maybe I should share it after all. I know squat about power boats, having owned one all of about a week, but I've done several refits of sailing vessels (one pretty much from the ground up), so hopefully some of what follows is...

Heh, I almost plastered myself against that bouy one morning. It was in the wee hours, and I was getting back late. I didn't have any nav beyond a compass in the cockpit, the GPS was down below. I couldn't for the life of me spot that thing. I could hear it, and the sea lions, but with all...

I may be down in the harbor Thursday afternoon. I've got to remove some electrical items from a boat down in Marina 1 before Friday. Drop me a PM if you need land based transportation for anything.

Wow. Just finished the license applications for the ship licenses with the FCC. They've upped the price. The total was $215, just for the piece of paper. I remember it being somewhere around $150 for my last boat. I'm trying to decide what equipment I want to bring over from my sailboat...

Well, the first surprise was a pleasant one. The PO said they had a "box of manuals and service records" that they would leave on the boat. Sure enough, there was a folder box waiting for me. In it were manuals and records, but more importantly a real gem. As - built engineering diagrams of...

Garmin is notorious for this type of thing. The original GMI-10 displays required external power even though the manual said it could be powered by NMEA2K. I can't tell you how much time I wasted troubleshooting that NMEA2K power issue before I got a second level Garmin tech who knew that...

Yes, Vaughn was who did the mechanical, and he is great. Now the learning curve gets steeper. I've got the slip all sorted, and can't wait to take her out, even if just to practice docking.

It's official! We closed. We are officially trawler owners. I spent the first day of trawler ownership getting insurance, calling marinas, and ordering parts. I work in Channel Islands Harbor currently, and the marina behind has openings on the nearest finger. It's where she currently is...