Hovercrafts actually work without the skirt, but sit much lower above the water. The channel hovercraft needed to have their skirts patched up almost weekly, since waves ripped big holes into it. Thus I assume that one won’t be able to disable this craft with guns. Barbed wire might be more effective?
peak just before and after Christmas would indicate that it’s day of birth, since hospitals work with reduced capacity on these days and induced births or c-sections will not happen then unless it’s an emergency.
why so many births are on 14.02. is a mystery to me.