Hovercruiser ... building and using hovercraft

Skip to content
Jump to main navigation and login
Jump to additional information

Nav view search

Navigation

Search

Details: Last Updated: 31 January 2013; Hits: 18481

Clyde - QE2/Helensburgh/Glasgow Oct '08 7Mb

Glasgow/Clyde - Helensburgh/Glasgow/Dunoon/Greeenock Sept '08 7Mb

Clyde Estuary - Helensburgh/Gare Loch/Greeenock rough crossing - Sept '08 7Mb

Berwick harbour bay exit ramp Apr 2006 1Mb

Prospector in surf Apr 2006 4.4Mb

Prospector in surf Apr 2006 - please excuse the language from over-excited teenager! 1.4Mb

Prospector in surf Apr 2006 2.5Mb

Prospector on Forth Apr 2006 1Mb

Prospector on Tweed Apr 2006 1Mb

Back seat driver! May 2006 1.9Mb

Emergency hat recovery May 2006 0.6Mb

Hover bus May 2006 6.5Mb

Rough weather on Forth! May 2006 2.5Mb

Really rough water North Sea May 2006 6Mb

More rough stuff North Sea May 2006 3.5Mb

Smooth river May 2006 1Mb

Loch Fyne Sept 2006 1.3Mb

Chain bridge Sept 2006 2.2Mb

Reverse gear! Sept 2006 1Mb

Over weir Sept 2006 1Mb

Under bridge Sept 2006 1Mb

Over hump Sept 2006 1Mb

Cruising along Sept 2006 1Mb

River Cruising Sept 06 1Mb

River Cruising Dec 06 - past Coldstream and over wier 4.7Mb

River Cruising Dec 06 - waving to walker 1.7Mb

River Cruising Dec 06 - a fast stretch 3Mb

Surfing Feb 07 - 4Mb

Kielder Water Apr 07 - 1.8Mb

Kielder Water Apr 07 - 3.7Mb

North Sea - jumping waves Aug 07

Additional information

News

A new hovercraft club has set up in the UK specifically to support cruising hovercraft. The web site can be found at http://www.hoverclub.org.uk
Sevtec Scout has been sold

I received a call from David Ryan from Ireland asking if I was interested in selling my Scout. I had no real intention of selling it but his call made me think about it seriously (Matt, the main driver now has a licence to drive a car so his priorities have moved away from hovercraft a bit - fast cars and loose women seem to be the main things nowadays ). We negotiated a fair price and the deal was struck.

I delivered the Scout to the ferry port and Stranrear where I met David and passed it over. I'm sure he will have as much fun as we have had over the last four years!
Sevtec Site moves HERE!

Barry Palmer ("Mr Sevtec") retired earlier this year - the full range of Sevtec hovercraft plans are now available from Amphibious Marine. They sell kits and parts also but all parts to build a Sev (except Props) can be sourced in the UK and Europe (look at the parts supplier pages for metric equivalnets on this site). Barry's web site is now hosted HERE on the hovercruiser site - it contains a lot of interesting historical and design information on hovercraft (and hang gliding, etc).
Hovercraft visit the Queen!
Had a good days hovering yesterday with Steve starting with a visit to the Queen (the QE2 that is - not the "real" queen ). The QE2 was on it's very last visit to its' "birthplace" (it was built on the Clyde in 1967) and berthed at the Ocean Terminal in Greenock. See 2008 diary and Videos & Pics for full details
The 2008 Scottish Hoverin!

This year the event was held on Loch Fyne in Argyll - a 40 mile long sea Loch famous for oysters, dolphins, basking sharks, spectacular scenery, etc.
Read more ...

Newest items

Popular items

Articles View Hits: 1028313