Thanks! For the time being, I've frozen my game version at 2.0.77 (latest non-experimental).
The reason is I'm kinda competing with my friend's save file, and he doesn't see the point in the 2.1 changes. 2.1 will be a separate playthrough.
I should have said that initially. Oops, sorry! But I'll keep in mind that the hovercraft-related fix is testable.