Patent ID: 7047901

Claim:
A motorized hydrofoil water craft, comprising: a substantially horizontally disposed flotation board that is longer than wide and has a top surface that is configured to permit a user to lie with at least their torso on the board along a longitudinal axis thereof or to walk unimpededly thereon during use; a first hydro foil and a second hydro foil; a motor; a propeller configured for submerged operation; and a steering mechanism with a control handle provided sufficiently above said board to be hand-held by a standing human using said board; wherein said steering mechanism includes a steering shaft structure movably coupled to a forward section of said board and extending on both sides of the location of movable coupling to define: a lower shaft portion extending forwardly to a foil structure having said first foil; and an upper shaft portion extending backwardly to said handle; and wherein operator movement through said handle of said upper shaft portion up, down, left and right produces the opposite motion respectively in said lower shaft portion, causing said board to move relative to said first foil.