aditional beam concern

We just piked up a columbia 50 in a unfinished condition she is aprox 15% wider than stock I am comfortable with the widening structuraly though am concerned about aditional inverted stability any one have a opinion or other isues involved? She needs a new deck any way so bringing her back to stock wouldent be to much more efort at this point. Thank you in advance
Scott Drake (562) 225 5197 mindsailingscott@aol.com

[Tad]

Scott,

Originally these boats, due to being narrow and deep in comparison to a modern hull, were pretty unstable upside-down. The additional beam will change this characteristic, but not much.

Original beam was 12', plus 15% = 13.8'

max beam/ cube root of displacement/64

equals capsizing screening number, if lower
than 2, she is a cruiser.

At 1.74 you are in cruiser territory


Tad