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Commercial Hovercraft service at British Open Golf Championship a
great success. 

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. 

For further information on Commercial Hovercraft please see

http://www.hoverwork.co.uk