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Hoversite 2003
August 2004
| Summer's Here! |
On the beach at Goose Pond. The craft now has a windshield and New Hampshire boat registration numbers. In the
background (besides the catamaran waterbike) is my brother's AirCreation trike on floats. In the foreground is our
85-year-old mother waiting for a ride!
background (besides the catamaran waterbike) is my brother's AirCreation trike on floats. In the foreground is our
85-year-old mother waiting for a ride!
| On August 21st, we loaded up on the newly-painted trailer and headed off to the Connecticut River Hover-In in Windsor, CT -- about 2 hours south of Hanover. At the Hover-In, inspite of threatening weather, we found about 15 hovercraft (a preponderance of StarCruisers) but also several home-built UH models including a 13-PT with a recently upgraded (25HP) thrust engine. |
Four Star Cruisers, a Neoteric and a very green UH-13P
line up ready to head for the open water of the CT River.
line up ready to head for the open water of the CT River.
This was my first experience
running over sand bars - we don't
have those on Goose Pond. Great
fun!
My son was busy with football
practice, so I brought along my
79-year-old father-in-law (shown
standing to the left of Hover-In
organizer, John Rich in the photo
to the left). In spite of the spray
from a rough river (we had 15-20
kt winds) he was a great sport and
enjoyed his first-ever hover ride.
Unlike the UH-10 in the
foreground, our craft needed no
repairs or tune-ups and performed
flawlessly.
running over sand bars - we don't
have those on Goose Pond. Great
fun!
My son was busy with football
practice, so I brought along my
79-year-old father-in-law (shown
standing to the left of Hover-In
organizer, John Rich in the photo
to the left). In spite of the spray
from a rough river (we had 15-20
kt winds) he was a great sport and
enjoyed his first-ever hover ride.
Unlike the UH-10 in the
foreground, our craft needed no
repairs or tune-ups and performed
flawlessly.
Below, that's me zooming downstream on the Connecticut.
Although I had no trouble keeping up with the UH-13PT
(whose GPS indicated 35 mph) it was not ideal conditions
for speed runs because of the squirrelly winds.
Although I had no trouble keeping up with the UH-13PT
(whose GPS indicated 35 mph) it was not ideal conditions
for speed runs because of the squirrelly winds.
A very-nicely finished UH-13PT heads down the ramp for the
CT River. This is Finn Arnold and his son from Massachusetts.
CT River. This is Finn Arnold and his son from Massachusetts.