Yes, filled with hydrogen, the elliptical hull becomes the most efficient foil with a fineness ratio that approches zero asymptotically from some other number, thereby rendering all handicap systems impotent by canceling gravity and friction but conserving mass and momentum... it's incredible, isn't it?
It's late, and my daughter's hungry again, hence the gibberish. Seriously, you're innertube is indeed jimmied-up positive flotation. Only provides buoyancy once the hull's been removed from the displacement equasion.