: I am taking an existing design and changing it in all sorts of ways.
: I am also widening it to 24".

: As i got down to making the forms wider that is when i realized i could do
: any of the 3 ways. In looking at an ndk explorer and seeing it appears
: widest about 6-7 " aft of the front of the coaming and knowing this
: boat is reknown for handling..it made me try to envision the center of
: gravity and bouyancy footprint".

Well just remember that when you start changing the hull, it's a brand new design and you'll need to make all the calculations the orriginal designer did to help to insure it'll perform as desired, also will float on it's lines.

Bill H.