Patent ID: 8783200

Claim:
A vessel hull with a controller, an aft portion, and a fore portion, the vessel hull transforming from a first configuration to a second figuration, comprising: a transom at the aft portion, defining a first plane; a plurality of integral sponsons forming the hull aft portion, the sponson having a fore end, an aft end, a top and a bottom, the aft end of the sponsons forming a plane substantially parallel and adjacent to the plane defined by the transom, the fore end of the sponsons hingedly connected to a fore hull; a plurality of pneumatic cylinders, a cylinder attaching to the top of each sponson towards the aft end of the sponson, the pneumatic cylinders signaled by a controller to extend and retract to a selected position, the pneumatic cylinders raising and lowering the sponsons within the plane defined by the transom, substantially instantly transforming a boat hull from a first configuration to a second configuration; and wherein the hull transforms to the second configuration selected from any of a group consisting of flat bottom hull, a V-hull, a tunnel hull and a V-tunnel hull.