I used to hand catch my Phantoms routinely if I was on dusty or sandy ground, but their landing gear were like two big handles, so it was much easier than the Mavic.
I just saw some pictures from Mars. One included a drone. I was thinking about it and about the thinner atmosphere.
In a thinner atmosphere, would our drones have trouble flying?
Does the Mars drone need higher RPM?
It looked like the blades...
Well, just from my (possibly over cautious) point of view, if anything ever goes awry and it has to return to home, if you boat moved, home might be a spot in lake. If you take off from, say, a dock, you can always retrieve it without SCUBA gear.