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Unless it changed recently, there is a regular hydrofoil line linking Vienna to Bratislava on the Danube. I rode it in 2015, it's a wonderfully kitsch piece of Soviet era kit, but does this beast fly!



I rode one 20 years ago to islands off the coast of Greece. One of the trips was rough though due to choppy seas. I recall seatbelts were required and barf bags were utilized by a few passengers.


At sea, sure, but on a large river like the Danube it'extremely smooth, hardly any wave :)


Every hit the wake from a larger boat? That a river is generally flat doesn't mean that you won't occasionally hit a freak wave.


Regardless of type of boat, waves need to be considered and managed. Most of the time speed needs to be reduced. The same for Candela, when a wave is to high it works to operate just like a regular boat.


Rode one between HK and Macao. Turbine driven, airplaine seat with seat belt fasten !!




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