Mustard has a good video on the birth and death of commercial hovercraft, focusing on the Channel ferries. TLDW: the economics didn't work, hovercraft were too

Mustard has a good video on the birth and death of commercial hovercraft, focusing on the Channel ferries. TLDW: the economics didn't work, hovercraft were too expensive to operate, were not reliable in bad weather and could not compete against much cheaper/barely slower services (like the Chunnel). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnJLT8wFyhY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnJLT8wFyhY