Its to measure waves and currents etc
When the boat is in a vertical position its really stable as it goes really deep. If you used a normal boat it would be affected by the movements of the sea and so you wouldn't get accurate measurements.
(Sheriff John Bunnellhttps://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:30,
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