Hovercrafting FAQ's

The buoyancy aid is used as an impact protection and not as a flotation device when operating over land; this means that thought should be made as to the style of buoyancy aid used for these activities.

There are challenges with getting appropriate insurance for operating recreational hovercrafts on coastal waters and so the decision was taken to limit members to only operating on inland waters and over the land. This should give enough challenge and a taste of the activity to young people.

Going on a commercial hovercraft is absolutely fine, this would be treated as a form of public transport and so the permit scheme and hovercrafting rules would not apply.

Yes, groups can build their own hovercraft. The rules designate what craft need to follow the permit scheme and which are too small and so don’t need to.

Our insurance requires this to be in place when solo training is undertaken, this allows the permit holder to remotely stop the hovercraft if necessary.