A marine vessel telematics device comprising: a remote access module configurable to plug into and be in signal communication with the data bus, the remote access module configurable to be in wireless signal communication with a hand held computing device and further configured to transmit to the hand held computing device marine vessel real-world data. Embodiments of the present invention provide a biological sample collection device comprising a collection portion and a body portion, the body portion including a holding portion for holding a biological sample storage medium, and a sample transfer means, such as a cover. The left half housing and the right half housing are arranged to lockably enclose a lower drive unit of a motor. The base unit may be configured to mimic activation of a sensor of the vehicular alarm system in a manner that can activate the vehicular alarm system.