On Tue, 13 May 2008 05:53:35 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On May 12, 7:35*pm, John H. wrote:
...of course, it wasn't in the Chesapeake, but beggars can't be choosy.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iverPatrol.jpg

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John *H*

She's a beaut! I actually built a two man hovercraft, belonged to a
local hovercraft club. I bought the plans from a guy in Illinois.
Universal Hovercraft. I believe the guy's name was Windt, or something
similar. Now he's building this hybrid thing that actually flies low
over the water! A lot of people don't understand the hovercraft, they
think it rides on the blown up skirt. The skirt is actually just a
gasket to keep the air under the craft, and in perfect trim, the skirt
actually is about a half inch above the water/ground. They work well
where the land to water transition isn't steep. I had a tilt flat bed
trailer, and loved to show up at a pond somewhere, start the lift
motor up, and the craft would just slide right off the trailer! I
built the UH-14p.

http://www.hovercraft.com/content/in...ain_page=index

Very cool. That 18SPW looks fun, but it's probably not great for trolling!

We took a hovercraft from Calais to Dover and back a few years ago. Very
fast and very smooth. I've got a picture of it somewhere. If I can find it
I'll post it.

No, I didn't build it!
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John *H*