After her time on the beach, the Griffon Hoverwork team took Solent Express back out to sea. Once on the water, they proceeded to give a demonstration of the manoeuvrability of the craft as they spun her around on the spot and then sped up to make a few passes. Despite her size, it was made to look easy to control her direction and to pivot in next to no space. Given that this is all done with the ducting of the rear fans and the two front nozzles whilst countering some wind, it was most impressive.

They then came back ashore which I hadn’t expected. There were a few people onboard that need to disembark before the hovercraft departed so we got another view of the landing and departure before they headed out to see and back up the Solent in the direction of their base at Ryde. It was a fun way to spend a Saturday morning.