DIY Boat Monitoring System
I&#x27;ve had a novel idea from years ago. For the most part, there is no security on mega yachts. Moreover, they hire random people to wash them and maintain them. It&#x27;s nothing to gain access to the all the electronics in the cave under the wheelhouse.<p>So, the novel idea is this, a bunch of kids from MIT or CalTech or where ever decide to bug yachts. They get unassuming jobs as deckhands and stewards to give themselves time to install devices like this DIY boat monitoring system along with microphones behind all the panelling around the yachts which are owned by CEOs of major companies.  More or less, the device caches all the audio recordings and waits for the ship to enter a marina where it connects to wifi and sends the information home. They are looking for stock trading information, mostly. They are in the Caribbean maybe in St. Martin and overhear some nasty things by the Russian mafia. Someone made a mistake and they get caught. That&#x27;s the beginning. The rest of the novel is a bunch of nerdy kids having to MacGyver their way out of the Caribbean while being chased by the most powerful and dangerous people on Earth.