Hovercrafts at Ryde, Isle of Wight

[markiow100]

The fastest but noisiest way across the Solent

[CalderHughes]

No it flies (hovers) just above the surface of the water or ground. The inflatable skirt is just a mechanism to channel the airflow!

[ASZEWRVFYHINJUMK]

plz dont stand up till stoped but we did loads of pepole did so i did

[ryeypoopoo]

I stayed in Sandown at Fairway holiday park on the 27th of june until the 4th of July 2009.

[simonandemma02]

I went on this a few weeks ago! Ahh, the Island life!

[MyNameIsMrPlow]

i find hovercrafts intimidating

[raptoreyes666]

I take your point cmor, I guess what I meant was that to a kid in the 70s, getting to watch such a futuristic machine up close, with all the noise and smells was a heady mixture. You will have to forgive an old man of 43 his nostalgia trip.

[Furrowbrow]

Well, I've just turned 28, and I always found them awe inspiring. They still draw crowds of onlookers at every crossing, which is more than you could say for any other type of passenger ferry.

[raptoreyes666]

I miss the old srn6 where you entered at the nose of the craft, the doors opened upward like a delorian car....Sigh...good memories of diesel fumes and sea spray

[cmor5705]

You still get the smell of deisel today, all the modern craft run on diesel.

The N6's had (aircraft type) turbo prop engine's so they probably ran on aviation fuel.

[stevedexteruk]

I am from the IOW and still miss the old place...i remember the first test hovercraft (we called them 'cushion craft' comeing up on the beach in Bembridge when I was a kid...

[EmmaBaby92]

i use to live on the isle of wight =]

[wwwwwHappyNewzCom]

fun

[xxellababiixx]

i live on the isle of wight! x

[RoderickStrong]

Speaking of the Isle of Wight, isn't that where controversial author David Icke lives?

[Furrowbrow]

Yes.. I don't know if he still does, but that certainly used to be the case.

[rogram4]

great piece of engineering

[MrGameAndWatch00000]

lol ya

[cantelli11]

nice

[FlyBikes089]

They like have take to 100 to 200 mph! Buut I guess....

[annoyingperson123]

seen.dem

[HeroinHeidi]

haha i love goin on the hovercraft :P makes me feel special cos im the only out of my friends where i live that go on it xd i miss the island =/ go 2 or 3 times a year now tho =P woooo xD

[Chimnesky]

So cool O.O

[arunta882]

oops

[arunta882]

from where to where does this craft travel?

[SimUK]

...it says in the video description (and in the video itself)

[emilfrajog112]

Southsea - Porthmouth - England to Ryde - Isle of Wight - England

[stevenfc]

i always go 2 the isle of whight east cowes

[lilgothgirl29]

see those them all the time, me and my family sail to ryde all the time, its our favorite beach, then there totland bay

[ProjectPatttah]

I was finna go there myself

[kp1360]

Visited there back in 2005, loved the place. Wished I would have found the hovercraft, ended up travelling over on the WightLink ferry from Portsmouth.

[hatfullofsky]

Planning a vacation there this year from the US. I only hope by then they find the joy of helicopter travel....I f*ckin' hate boats!

[sofapoke]

i can hear this fucking hover craft from my bedroom at 4.45 am !

[jamiec94]

u must b hearing something else they run from 9am - 9pm

[OllieRockin]

no its 6:30am

[RhinosAreSexy]

no ypu cant!!!! cos the 1st 1 dont leave IOW till 6.30 and portsmouth till 6.45 !!!!

[sofapoke]

omg 6.30 then bladdy early

[shikadude9]

guys my wife and i went there for a year... it stunk... jk!!! i not even married...

[acdclover12345]

i was born here!! moved to new zealand tho!

[jonnynorris]

i live on the island, its not that borring. hovertravel is soo cool.

[UnnyGorey]

Believe me, the Island can be a boring place if you live there. And the hiverdraft is very bumpy XD

[812375]

i live here, watch them go out most days, if you are carefull you get covered in spray lol

[MrGameAndWatch00000]

Lol :D

[TrapperMilan]

been on one of those many many times as a child!

I>O>W still the preetiest place on the planet!

[sabot96]

Hovercraft are one of the coolest forms of travel. Love it.