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Boarding the craft for the rapid service |
Hovertravel's newly converted hovercraft 'Freedom
90' has returned to the Isle of Wight from Scotland following the provision
of a scheduled service from St. Andrews to Carnoustie, the venue for the 1999
British Open Golf Championship.
The 500+ nautical mile journey to St. Andrews was completed in just 12.5 hours
at speed plus 2 refuelling stops - an average speed of over 40 knots.
Almost 5,000 passengers were carried on the 11-mile route and with an average
crossing time of just 20 minutes passengers enjoyed a time saving of around one
hour as compared to the journey by road.
The route was ideally suited to hovercraft there are no port facilities at
Carnoustie and only a tidal facility at St Andrews, which ruled out the use of a
high-speed boat. The combination of high craft speed and an amphibious
capability produced the quick crossing times and the facility to land passengers
on the beach within 100 m of the first tee.
The hovercraft was featured on television from time to time throughout the
Championship and also received extensive local and national press coverage.
Click here to visit http://www.hoverwork.co.uk/opengolf
for the site that we used to advertise the service. Please note that this site
is for reference only and the information that it contains is now out of date.
Please contact us for
further information on Hoverwork's Charter Service.
Freedom 90 -
Departing Ryde for Scotland
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