Wild Hovercraft flight, Southsea to Ryde IoW (09/02/21) | Railcam LIVE

[@andy537]

To travel the last third of the journey sideways pointing into the wind must have been pretty scary and I was convinced it was going to hit the other hovercraft when it made the beach. Excellent seamanship and pretty marginal for travelling in those weather conditions.

[@zachariasbennett5105]

I'm clapping to a job well done,the pilot did a brilliant job at manoeuvring the hovercraft across the sea in such awful conditions and made a great return at base.

[@vasilicastoica8396]

Salutari din Romania 👋👋🇷🇴

[@h3l3njl]

I'm very surprised they were letting them run yesterday. Kudos to the pilot 👏

[@AndreA-ke2id]

Extreme skill demonstrated by the pilots.

[@spiercephotography]

Both seriously cool, and probably scary/not all that pleasant, but the crew did great. What a ride!

[@angieward2762]

Well that was edge of the seat stuff, well done to the pilot

[@rolioYT]

How to drift a hovercraft and scare the passengers witless :) Excellent recovery at the end!

[@Sami_xo]

I was at the IOW last summer. Saw a hovercraft coming across, wind was so strong it stopped the hovercraft not far from the Ryde terminal, was sat there for a good few minutes with the fans at the back going mental. Finally got moving and got safely to Ryde, was very fun to watch nevertheless

[@mjones1pa]

"She was a rockin' and a rollin', rockin' and a reelin' Solent Flyer! So Soooo So Solent Flyer!!"

[@jimmorey8252]

Just wow! Despite having ridden hovercraft many times ever since the days of the SRN6, it's still a bit freaky to see them travel sideways

[@SBCBears]

The Sterling Moss of hovercraft pilots. 🏆

[@indobleh]

Wind over tide on those strong Easterly winds, pretty bouncy ride home.

[@scottydoggy1969]

Just showed this clip to a friend, his reaction was " That needs some Tokyo Drift Music over it " :D

[@jerrywood8268]

Wow, Wow, Wow and Wow, would have loved to have been on that Hovercraft

[@DuncYo]

that was insane!!

[@stephenclark7013]

Whole new meaning, to stay home stay safe ,watch the web cam instead 🙂

[@donepearce]

Does that thing have a front undercarriage? It looked like he used some such thing to complete that straightening manoeuvre.

[@markarnold8160]

🎶 I did it siiiiiidewaaaayyyysss

[@sandie321]

And breathe😮 I felt like jumping of my sofa and cheering when they finally made it. What a ride!

[@raymatthews8356]

Good job

[@margotbronski2234]

If this was your first ride on a hovercraft, I could see where it might be your last. LOL

[@tedf1471]

This is when the side thrusters come in handy...

[@alastairmellor966]

New nickname for the pilot. 'King Crab'

[@wish21100]

WOW .. I bet he's had his Weetabix

[@josephine.france5]

Haha

[@SheeplessNW6]

K-K-Kansei dorifto!??

[@brianmorrison9168]

Do the hovercraft ever stop due to bad weather ?

[@Christopher125]

Regularly, they struggle with high winds - as this video demonstrates!

[@jamesharvey8654]

Service gets suspended on winds force 7 and above.

[@johndavey8683]

More regularly than the old craft. These newer craft are larger but with a proportionally smaller skirt compared to the old ones and they struggle much more. I miss the leaky, noisy, old reliable craft.

[@petergroves9343]

They tried one more flight after this & then suspended the service as the wind gusts were in excess of 25knots. I have this cam on my TV most days, it's fascinating watch. I'd love to hear what pilots have to say when they're close to their limits like that

[@bobmartin7399]

Soon after I moved to the Portsmouth area in 1969 a hovercraft overturned in rough seas with the loss of several lives.

[@davidkemp6006]

I believe the deaths were caused when the rescuers cut a hole in the hull to access the occupants, this allowed water to flood the cabin drowning several of the passengers.

[@alanhutchins5916]

It's called the speedway approach.....

[@martinmichaels234]

good pilot

[@photographerjamie]

So who's gonna put the De Ja Vu music over this? Well done to the pilot

[@josephine.france5]

Girl don’t...

[@wish21100]

¯\_(シ)_/¯

[@vivienwade4378]

Wonder what is was like on there today 🤣

[@caulkhead8258]

PLEASE DON'T OVER EGG THESE THINGS. Like an aircraft landing in strong cross winds, the pilot is in full control, these craft are very maneuverable. This was NOTHING SPECIAL in a strong easterly wind. Many people on the island were surprised and disappointed this even made news in their local newspaper. This may have been a slightly bumpy crossing but it's well within the crafts limit.

[@atraintoofar197]

yikes