Added: Nov 18, 2008

From: SimUK

Duration: 1:37

Hovertravel operate the hovercrafts which cross the Solent in just 10 minutes, between Ryde on the Isle of Wight and Southsea near Portsmouth on the mainland. The service has been running since 1965, making them the longest established commercial hovercraft operator in the world! More details are available on their website http://www.hovertravel.co.ukFilmed on May 3rd 2007 at Ryde during my week on the Isle of Wight. Video edited with Adobe Premiere Elements 3, and music created in Sony Acid XMC.

Channel: Travel

Tags: crossing  hovercrafts  hovertravel  isle  of  portsmouth  ryde  solent  southsea  wight 


Rating: 4.67 (21 ratings)    Views: 35190' favoriteCount='29    Comments: 24

sabot96 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Hovercraft are one of the coolest forms of travel. Love it.

TrapperMilan Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - been on one of those many many times as a child!I>O>W still the preetiest place on the planet!

812375 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i live here, watch them go out most days, if you are carefull you get covered in spray lol

UnnyGorey Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Believe me, the Island can be a boring place if you live there. And the hiverdraft is very bumpy XD

jonnynorris Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i live on the island, its not that borring. hovertravel is soo cool.

acdclover12345 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i was born here!! moved to new zealand tho!

shikadude9 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - guys my wife and i went there for a year... it stunk... jk!!! i not even married...

sofapoke Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i can hear this fucking hover craft from my bedroom at 4.45 am !

hatfullofsky Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - 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!

jamiec94 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - u must b hearing something else they run from 9am - 9pm

kp1360 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - 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.

ProjectPatttah Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I was finna go there myself

lilgothgirl29 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - see those them all the time, me and my family sail to ryde all the time, its our favorite beach, then there totland bay

stevenfc Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i always go 2 the isle of whight east cowes

arunta882 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - from where to where does this craft travel?

SimUK Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ...it says in the video description (and in the video itself)

arunta882 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - oops

Chimnesky Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - So cool O.O

HeroinHeidi Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - 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

annoyingperson123 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - seen.dem

FlyBikes089 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - They like have take to 100 to 200 mph! Buut I guess....

cantelli11 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - nice

rogram4 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - great piece of engineering

xxellababiixx Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i live on the isle of wight! x