you should look up youtube vids of the SRN-4 - the largest passenger hovercraft operated back in the 1970's - 80's - it was HUGE- carried people & cars!
Used to regularly travel on the Hoverspeed to Calais - only time I was seasick! It wasn't caused by the motion but by the way the exhaust fumes got sucked into the cabins during the trip. Always a relief when I could drive the car off at the destination. 🤣
@@BritBlue582 I used to live very close to the inventor, Christopher Cockerill home. The house itself is being renovated, hopefully it will show something of tbe illustrious man.... I remember quite clearly seeing the prototypes being tested on Solent
Smoothest ride you'll ever get on the Sea, you could sip a hot drink and not worry about spilling it. used this frequently, its more expensive, but the regular Ferry takes 3x as long, and the Car ferry takes almost an hour and a half.
When I was eleven I went on a school trip to France by ferry. We came back on a Hovercraft that was massive compared to this one & carried cars & lorries. We came back in a storm & the front of the Hovercraft would bury its nose into the oncoming waves which towered over the HC. Most of the passengers were seasick but I managed to keep things down. It was an amazing experience & I loved every second of it.
This Hovercraft is very small compared to the old ones that used to carry hundreds of passengers between England & France. They only stopped because of the rising fuel costs & the competition of the Channel Tunnel.
I went on the big hovercraft a long time ago, we were supposed to be going on the ferry to France, but the ferry was cancelled, so they took us across on the hovercraft instead, that was an experience!
I have been on an operational UK submarine as my Uncle used to command one out of the UK’s south coast (they lived at Gosport & I cannot remember where the subs were stationed as I was 6-7yrs old at the time & that was almost 50 years ago now!). The hovercrafts are awesome as well & they take some serious skill to handle properly. It reminds me of the air-boats that you see bombing around the Florida swamps but on a much larger scale!!!! Someone mentioned the vehicle carrying hovercrafts, we also went on one of those as well & they are like small retail/commercial parks in size!!! They can be fun to be on in strong winds but still more comfortable to be travelling on than a ferry when there is a big swell & blow on! Been a long time since been on this sort of transport (other than small dinghies!) with the Channel Tunnel & can be cheaper to fly if you know a private pilot who is going to the islands/back to mainland anyway.
In the U.K, Dover on the south east coast is where the huge hovercraft flew between England and Calais France. The hovercraft in this video is tiny compared to the big cross channel ones, the biggest class of channel hovercraft carried about 30 cars and seated 250-260 passenger. The biggest hovercraft at Dover was the Princess Margaret she had 4 20ft diameter 4 bladed props for propulsion plus the huge fan that blew into the skirts, with this they were incredibly loud. I lived 8miles from the Dover as the crow flys when the service was still running, the thing was there was a 200-250ft sheer cliff (which you’d think would stop most of the noise) and then 8miles of woods and open fields our village, if we were in the garden, you’d have to speak up the noise was still quite loud at that distance.
Hovercrafts are exceedingly useful for rescues in marshy areas, where there are quicksands, mudflats and fast/changeable tides, so they are available in several places for use by the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The Morecambe Bay RNLI station is just one such example which, as well as conventional rescue boats, also has access to a hovercraft.
It's only proper that the Hovercraft service remains in the UK because the inventor was British Sir Christopher S Cockerell CBE RDI FRS. There are several military users around the world.
its not a boat mate, the bottom part cant pop because its not inflated, its a skirt, the craft hovers very slightly off the ground/water, hence the name hovercraft.
It's not a ship nor a boat. Hover. It hovers on a cushion of air. The black bit is what traps the air. There are huge fans under the craft. Fans turn fast, blow air, air is trapped by the black skirt, which lifts the craft. The bottom of the craft doesn't touch the water. I watch several youtubers and the Americans always seem to have a problem understanding hovercraft.
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13 minutes "can the bottom part of the boat pop?" It's not a boat. No boat. Neither a boat, nor a plane. More like a helicopter. It hovers above the land or water on air.
This is a tiny hovercraft. I used to go across the English channel in one that carried 55 cars plus 400 people. Those things were monsters
I've been on the cross channel one too. I preferred it to the cross channel ferry as I didn't get seasick on the hovercraft.
you should look up youtube vids of the SRN-4 - the largest passenger hovercraft operated back in the 1970's - 80's - it was HUGE- carried people & cars!
Used to regularly travel on the Hoverspeed to Calais - only time I was seasick! It wasn't caused by the motion but by the way the exhaust fumes got sucked into the cabins during the trip. Always a relief when I could drive the car off at the destination. 🤣
I have travelled on all the hoverloyd and seaspeed hovercraft they were big, not this little thing.
used it often for trips to Calais
I went on it
@@BritBlue582 I used to live very close to the inventor, Christopher Cockerill home. The house itself is being renovated, hopefully it will show something of tbe illustrious man.... I remember quite clearly seeing the prototypes being tested on Solent
Smoothest ride you'll ever get on the Sea, you could sip a hot drink and not worry about spilling it. used this frequently, its more expensive, but the regular Ferry takes 3x as long, and the Car ferry takes almost an hour and a half.
Done this crossing twice a day 5 days a week for five years. Very smooth and a 8 minute crossing.
He was joking about an hour ahead and passport it's the same time as the rest of the UK 👍🏼
Used to see them every day when going to and from work, when they ran a service from Southampton to the Isle of Wight.
When I was eleven I went on a school trip to France by ferry. We came back on a Hovercraft that was massive compared to this one & carried cars & lorries. We came back in a storm & the front of the Hovercraft would bury its nose into the oncoming waves which towered over the HC. Most of the passengers were seasick but I managed to keep things down. It was an amazing experience & I loved every second of it.
This Hovercraft is very small compared to the old ones that used to carry hundreds of passengers between England & France. They only stopped because of the rising fuel costs & the competition of the Channel Tunnel.
Caught the Hover craft and the Hydra Foil from Dover to France--great experience
I used to Travel to France in the 80s with Family and our Cars .on the Massive Hovercraft, it took 35 minutes to Cross .
I went on the big hovercraft a long time ago, we were supposed to be going on the ferry to France, but the ferry was cancelled, so they took us across on the hovercraft instead, that was an experience!
Rapidly becoming my favourite reaction channel mate!❤
I have been on an operational UK submarine as my Uncle used to command one out of the UK’s south coast (they lived at Gosport & I cannot remember where the subs were stationed as I was 6-7yrs old at the time & that was almost 50 years ago now!). The hovercrafts are awesome as well & they take some serious skill to handle properly. It reminds me of the air-boats that you see bombing around the Florida swamps but on a much larger scale!!!! Someone mentioned the vehicle carrying hovercrafts, we also went on one of those as well & they are like small retail/commercial parks in size!!! They can be fun to be on in strong winds but still more comfortable to be travelling on than a ferry when there is a big swell & blow on! Been a long time since been on this sort of transport (other than small dinghies!) with the Channel Tunnel & can be cheaper to fly if you know a private pilot who is going to the islands/back to mainland anyway.
In the U.K, Dover on the south east coast is where the huge hovercraft flew between England and Calais France. The hovercraft in this video is tiny compared to the big cross channel ones, the biggest class of channel hovercraft carried about 30 cars and seated 250-260 passenger. The biggest hovercraft at Dover was the Princess Margaret she had 4 20ft diameter 4 bladed props for propulsion plus the huge fan that blew into the skirts, with this they were incredibly loud. I lived 8miles from the Dover as the crow flys when the service was still running, the thing was there was a 200-250ft sheer cliff (which you’d think would stop most of the noise) and then 8miles of woods and open fields our village, if we were in the garden, you’d have to speak up the noise was still quite loud at that distance.
Hovercrafts are exceedingly useful for rescues in marshy areas, where there are quicksands, mudflats and fast/changeable tides, so they are available in several places for use by the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The Morecambe Bay RNLI station is just one such example which, as well as conventional rescue boats, also has access to a hovercraft.
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I live in Portsmouth where this service is provided.
It's only proper that the Hovercraft service remains in the UK because the inventor was British Sir Christopher S Cockerell CBE RDI FRS.
There are several military users around the world.
I use this service regularly and the experience never gets old. The first flight of the "amphibious Hovercraft" was from Cowes on the Isle of Wight
Very interesting video, thank you for your hard work behind the scenes, Happy Christmas to you and your Family.
I went to France on one of those, it was awesome.
I used to love standing there seeing it come in as a kid still do now u can see them going up the river itching sometimes in southampton too
Hi mate. I was stood behind the isle of wight hovercraft a month ago. Got alot of sand and water in my face and the dog was not impressed.
The US marines are using huge hovercraft in military actions
It's the perfect landing craft with no underwater profile and the ability to transit from sea to land instantaneously...
its not a boat mate, the bottom part cant pop because its not inflated, its a skirt, the craft hovers very slightly off the ground/water, hence the name hovercraft.
i live on the isle of wight - the caar ferry takes about 45 mins
that is a baby hovercraft!!
what happened to the big ones.THEY WERE twice the size or more;;;
I’ve seen this vid before, but wanted to see it again for your reaction. You’ve been in a submarine too? Interesting. Maybe another vid there.
6:55 You ain't seen nuthin yet. SRN-4 was large enough to carry cars as well as people!
Its my understanding, from other Hovercraft videos, that the US Military use hovercraft a lot.
US Navy use them LCAC Landing Craft Air Cushion
ive been on this very hovercraft if you can get the chance its defo an experience worth having ❤
as others have said, sure these are big, but huge lol heck no... look up LCAC, those would eat these for a snack
Maybe check out the USMC beach assault hovercraft they are huge and scary.
The Dover to Calais route, awful, noisy, fumes in the cabin, bumpy it was like being in a spin dryer.
So will you be coming over here for a visit?
It's not a ship nor a boat. Hover. It hovers on a cushion of air. The black bit is what traps the air. There are huge fans under the craft. Fans turn fast, blow air, air is trapped by the black skirt, which lifts the craft. The bottom of the craft doesn't touch the water.
I watch several youtubers and the Americans always seem to have a problem understanding hovercraft.
the watch setting was just a joke for like when you fly to different time zones.
That's tiny (70ft long, I think) compared to the SRN4 which was 190ft long.
It's a Hovercraft that's what it's called 😮😅
You should check out "cheese rolling" if you want to check out "British extreme sports" - have watched your TT reactions & think you'll love "cheese rolling"
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Try hovercraft racing.
it is not a boat it is a hovercraft
13 minutes "can the bottom part of the boat pop?" It's not a boat. No boat. Neither a boat, nor a plane. More like a helicopter. It hovers above the land or water on air.
It is a hovercraft.
That’s nowhere near the biggest one - they used to ferry cars FFS.
You need to check out the US Marines.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion
Sorry to ask but why ? A Submarine 🤯😎🇬🇧