Cross Channel Hovercraft

[Alan_I_W]

Not sure whether this belongs in GG but does anyone have any memories of the Monster hovercrafts? Such a shame they scrapped them. I remember just after I got my first Impreza I drove with my friend with his 405 MI16 to the south of France. August 1996 I think.

[Alan_I_W]

Sixpackpert said:

The plural of hovercraft is hovercraft.

What a valuable use of time it was to type that out, slow day?

[Alan_I_W]

spitfire-ian said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Cheers, I'll go have a read of that.

[Alan_I_W]

LotusOmega375D said:

I'm surprised at all the bad experiences people seem to have had with the cross-channel hovercraft. Several times each year in the early/mid 1990s I would take a car to the continent on business. I got to experience the pros and cons of all the cross-channel options, but the hovercraft was pretty good. Less queuing at Dover, quicker journey time, ability to stretch your legs a bit and have a bite to eat en route and quicker access to the motorway network at Calais. One thing it wasn't good for though was watching the world go by: the sea spray made that pretty much impossible.

I think one of the alloys on my Impreza got scuffed when they locked the wheels down with that tow rope stuff.

[Alan_I_W]

rs1952 said:

Hovertravel ceased trading.

Hovertravel still operate, it's Hoverspeed that went under.