Boat with hydrofoil and wings

Claim 1

A BOAT COMPRISING (A) A BODY, SAID BODY BEING ADAPTED TO FLOAT UPON THE WATER WHEN SAID BOAT IS STATIONARY AND TO BE ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER WHEN SAID BOAT IS IN MOTION, (B) ELONGATED SKI MEANS CENTRALLY MOUNTED BENEATH SAID BODY, SAID SKI MEANS BEING TRANSVERSELY STEPPED ALONG THE MAJOR PORTION OF ITS LENGTH AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE WATER WHEN THE BOAT IS STATIONARY AND TO SKIM ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE WATER WHEN THE BOAT IS IN MOTION, (C) WING MEANS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BODY AND OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, (D) MEANS CONNECTING SAID WING MEANS TO SAID BODY IN A POSITION ELEVATED ABOVE SAID SKI MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID WING MEANS ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS INTERMEDIATE THE FORWARD AND TRAILING EDGES OF SAID WING MEANS, (E) RESILIENT MEANS DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID PIVOTAL CONNECTING MEANS AND SECURING THE TRAILING PORTION OF SAID WING MEANS TO SAID BODY, SAID RESILIENT MEANS BIASING SAID PIVOTALLY MOVABLE WING MEANS TO A POSITION OF EQUILIBRIUM SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, (F) MOTOR MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BODY FOR PROPELLING THE BOAT ACROSS THE WATER, (G) SAID WING MEANS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER AIR FOIL SURFACES ACROSS WHICH AIR IS ADAPTED TO FLOW FOR IMPARTING LIFT TO THE BOAT TO SUBSTANTIALLY SUSTAIN THE WEIGHT OF THE BOAT AT HIGH FORWARD SPEEDS THEREOF FOR RAISING SAID BODY ABOVE AND SAID SKI MEANS TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, AND (H) SAID WING MEANS BEING SELF-ADJUSTING SO AS TO PIVOT ABOUT SAID TRANSVERSE AXIS AGAINST THE BIASING EFFECT OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE AIR FLOW ACROSS THE AIR FOIL SURFACES THEREOF TO VARY ITS ANGLE OF ATTACK FOR MAINTAINING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT LIFT ON SAID BOAT, WHEREBY SAID BOAT TRAVELS ACROSS THE WATER UNDER HIGH FORWARD SPEEDS WITH SAID SKI MEMBER SKIMMING THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.