Hulled body equipped with wave-riding device

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN ELONGATED HULL ADAPTED TO FLOAT UPON WATER AND TO MOVE LONGITUDINALLY THEREUPON; A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING ITS UPPER END FIXED TO THE STERN PORTION OF SAID HULL, THE LOWER END OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER BEING FREE: A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING HYDROFOIL MEMBER POSITIONED BELOW SAID HULL REARWARDLY OF THE CENTER OF BUOYANCY OF SAID HULL TO BE NORMALLY IMMERSED IN SAID WATER; MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE LEADING EDGE PORTION OF SAID HYDROFOIL MEMBER TO THE FREE END PORTION OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID HYDROFOIL MEMBER ABOUT AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HULL; AND CONTROL MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID HULL AND CONNECTED TO THE TRAILING EDGE PORTION OF SAID HYDROFOIL MEMBER FOR ALTERING THE ANGLE OF INCLINATION WHICH SAID HYDROFOIL MEMBER WOULD OTHERWISE ASSUME DURING MOVEMENT THROUGH SAID WATER IF SAID TRAILING EDGE WERE FREE, SAID ANGLE OF INCLINATION OF SAID HYDROFOIL MEMBER DURING FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID VESSEL THROUGH SAID WATER PRODUCING A DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED PULL ON SAID STERN PORTION REARWARDLY OF SAID CENTER OF BUOYANCY TO PRODUCE A TORQUE ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID HULL INTERMEDIATE SAID STERN PORTION AND SAID CENTER OF BUOYANCY, SAID TORQUE TENDING TO ELEVATE THE NOSE PORTION OF SAID HULL, THE MAGNITUDE OF SAID DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED PULL BEING CONTROLLABLE BY SAID CONTROL MEANS.