High speed water surface craft

Claim 1

A WATER SURFACE CRAFT COMPRISING A HULL HAVING TWO LIFTING PLANES SECURED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HULL AT FORE AND AFT POSITIONS WITH A PRE-SET INCIDENCE ANGLE SUBSTANTIALLY BETWEEN 4* AND 12*, SAID PLANES BEING SEPARATED BY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FORE PLANE AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AFT PLANE, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PLANES BEING HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON THE BOTTOM AND HAVING A MOVABLE END RESLIENTLY SUPPORTED ON SAID HULL BY A SHOCK ABSORPTION MECHANISM WHEREBY SAID PLANE MAY MOVE IN RESPONSE TO DYNAMIC IMPACTS DURING OPERATION OF SAID CRAFT, AT LEAST SAID ONE PLANE BING FULLY COMPRESSIBLE AT A FORCE OF FROM ABOUT 2 TO ABOUT 5 TIMES THE WEIGHT OF THE CRAFT, SAID CRAFT HAVING A WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION WITH SAID FORE PLANE SUPPORTING ABOUT 20% TO ABOUT 40% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE CRAFT, SAID SHOCK ABSORPTION MECHANISM COMPRISING MEANS HAVING AN OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC PROVIDING AN INITIAL RAPID RATE OF COLLAPSE OF AT LEAST SAID ONE PLANE UNDER DYNAMIC IMPACT FOLLOWED BY A SLOWER RATE OF COLLAPSE TO THE POSITION WHERE THE DYNAMIC IMPACT IS NEUTRALIZED BY SAID MECHANISM AND THEN A RAPID RATE OF EXPANSION FROM SAID POSITION FOLLOWED BY A DIMINISHING RATE OF EXPANSION.