: I am not sure that I see the connection between being wide and
: short. For equivalent stability, generally a shorter boat would
: have to be wider. A long canoe does not have to be wide.

: But anyway, this length would seem fine for what you want to do.

For equal buoyancy a shorter boat needs to be wider than a longer more skinny one. You can keep the width the same and just make it shorter, but it might float so low that you can't really use it.

Bill H.