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How did Hooper’s research boat get to the island?


He’s introduced boarding the jetty from a fairly small vessel with luggage in tow, presumably having travelled from the mainland. Where does his second boat with the fancy equipment come from?

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Hooper had to park his big research vessel in a larger marina(shown later in the film?). To get to the dock in this scene he had to catch a ride on a much smaller boat, you can see nothing but small boats parked in the marina in the background as well.

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Big boats usually have dingys, small boats that the owners use to get to shore. Anyone who can afford a huge research vessel can afford a dingy!

Or a zodiac, marine biologists love zodiacs, they're fast and have a very shallow draft. Did they exist back in the seventies?

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