Phileas Fogg Having been on the Scillonian, I am well aware of its deficiencies!
Returning to your earlier post:
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The Scillonian (vomit comet) ferry is past it's sell by date, the Twotters are getting towards their sell by dates, PZE heliport is closing and the choppers will struggle to compete vs fixed wing on a NQY/ISC/NQY route, they might only survive on a Tresco route where no fixed wing can compete ..... So why not do away with this mixed bag of geriatric equipment and invest in some modern aircraft, namely hovercraft, equipment?
Am I reading it correctly that you think a solution is to run passenger hovercraft from Penzance to the Scillies?
Forgive me, but I find this notion genuinely amusing. The old birds on the Dover Calais route were as susceptible as anything to the weather before they were deemed commercially unviable. How would one operate said hovercraft in a Force 9 gale and a 20 foot swell with 4 meter waves?
This is the Atlantic we are talking about here, not the Serpentine.