Do you know that a hovercraft has a pilot? It's classed as an aircraft, not as a boat. How it launches, crew roles, equipment onboard, methods for rescuing people and it’s accessibility to inland areas all differ from our lifeboats. It has no brakes, it can’t reverse and because it’s all on a cushion of air, it can be affected by the wind. Making it a great but challenging fly - enabling us to carry out our lifesaving work in areas inaccessible to conventional lifeboats. RNLI Hoylake Lifeboat St