There is no clause covering air rights in the rules of ocean racing, but they may have to rewrite the rule book.

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Over the ocean, where there is no radar to warn of impending collisions, safety rules require a plane to occupy a slice of sky 160 kilometers long and 300 meters thick, severely limiting traffic.

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