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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 01-31-2004 06:15 PM

It is still not too late to buy yourself a pair of giant Hovercraft:

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 01-31-2004 10:21 PM

Actually I just read something, somewhere, about someone planning to buy these ships and put them on a new route... Unfortunately I cannot remember where I read it, who was thinking of buying them, or what route they proposed using them on!

The Great Lakes? Or maybe someplace in Asia? You see I'm just getting over a cold and my mind is a bit fuzzy .

Seriously did anyone else read about some new plans for these, er, craft? I have little hope that they will ever find further use but it was at least nice to see that someone was looking at them...

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 02-01-2004 04:16 PM

Hovercraft fans can watch a short video of the AP-88 - the newer generation of passenger carrying hovercraft which opperates from Southsea (near Portsmouth UK).

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Mike01
First Class Passenger
Member # 4210

posted 02-02-2004 11:09 AM

I know there is some silly plan to put fast ferries between Rochester NY and Toronto Canada. I don't think they have hovercrafts in mind, but I might be inclined to give that a shot.

According to everything I've read it will take nearly as long on the ferry as it does to drive around Buffalo and on to Toronto by car.

Not the brightest, or best received, idea ever.

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RuthPerk
First Class Passenger
Member # 1609

posted 02-02-2004 01:09 PM

I, for one, am excited about the fast ferry! Granted, the ride on the ferry will be a little shorter than driving to Toronto, but I am willing to bet that it will be less stressful!

Have you ever tried to drive to Toronto from Rochester in the winter???? It's not easy! We have had to do it before and would really rather take a ferry than drive. The ferry is supposed to run year-round.

Here's their web site

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JP
First Class Passenger
Member # 1373

posted 02-02-2004 02:06 PM

Since they're amphibious, do you think they could be made street-legal? That would take the Humvee owners down a notch.

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