@Macks Corall you also may want to avoid the devise hitting a prop? I know the ocean is vast, but hitting debris does happen more and more as well... I mean, space is even vaster, but they do track space debris
I saw another video touring one of the boats and they had some water testing equipment on board. It would be cool to have a more in depth look or at least a senithorough overview of all the scientific equipment that's part of this race.
