Photo gallery

Surveyor 16 hovercraft gallery.

The Surveyor 16 at work: shallow river braids and sand bars, winter snow and ice, crabbing and fishing trips, and the Kohler EFI engine up close. Use the arrows or pick a photo below.

Surveyor 16 on snow outside a cabin with mountains behind

1 / 17Winter at the cabin.

Surveyor 16 on snow outside a cabin with mountains behind
Winter at the cabin.
Angler holding a large fish beside a Surveyor 16
A good day of fishing.
Crab pot being hauled up beside a Surveyor 16
Pulling crab pots.
Surveyor 16 on a river sand bar with its pilot
Sand bar stop.
Surveyor 16 on a sandy river bank
On the river.
Surveyor 16 on an open sand beach
Open sand.
Surveyor 16 with propeller cage on the sand
Ready to go.
Surveyor 16 seen from above on the sand
From above.
Surveyor 16 running on the water
Under way.
Surveyor 16 on the ice at dusk with an angler ice fishing
Dusk on the ice.
Sunrise over calm water from the deck of a Surveyor 16
Sunrise from the cockpit.
Surveyor 16 with windshield among driftwood on a beach
Driftwood beach.
Surveyor 16 with windshield on a beach
Windshield and wipers.
Surveyor 16 with windshield parked on a beach
Beached for lunch.
Surveyor 16 with full enclosure on a beach
Full enclosure option.
Storage compartment inside a Surveyor 16 with a paddle
Storage and a paddle.
Kohler vertical shaft EFI engine in a Surveyor 16
The Kohler EFI engine.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft running up a shallow river past a gravel bar
Running up a shallow river.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft crossing a shallow, rocky stretch of river beside a gravel bar
Crossing a rocky shallow beside a gravel bar.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft crossing a river riffle at the tail of a gravel bar
Over the riffle at the tail of a gravel bar.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft on a river bend above a rocky shallow
Heading up the river bend.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft passing over rocky shallows, seen from above
Right over the rocks.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft running across open water near a sandy point
Open water, past a sandy point.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft leaving a beach onto calm water
Off the beach and onto the water.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft crossing rocky river shallows, throwing spray, seen head on
Head on through the rocky shallows.
Surveyor 16 hovercraft climbing onto a rock ledge in a shallow river beside a gravel bar
Climbing onto a rock ledge.

From the air

Surveyor 16 from the air.

A Surveyor 16 leaves deep water, climbs onto a dry rock shelf and keeps going, seen from straight above.

Mike running his Surveyor 16 along a lakeshore.

Cruising past a forested shore on a shallow lake.

Surveyor 16 on a sandy river bank

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