A hydrofoil craft, particularly a method of economically modifying a
conventional hull with cambered foils to obtain and calculate increased
lift from dense spray and to achieve enhanced craft performance is
disclosed. The present invention improves speed, fuel efficiency and
rough water stability, reduced pitch and vertical accelerations. A
catamaran or V-bottom hull is modified with chine mounted aerofoils,
flexible dihedral cambered foils positioned beneath the water line and on
either side of the bow so as to create turbulence in the forward end of a
tunnel(s). Tunnels are created on the V-bottom hull by the chine mounted
aerofoils. Fixed forward tunnel cambered foil(s) and/or fixed or
adjustable center tunnel cambered foils at the stern end of the tunnel to
generate lift from pressure caused by dense spray in the tunnel(s) may
also be provided. Adjustable cambered stern foils are mounted on the
transom end of the tunnels.