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Originally Posted by kmoose
Considering the amount of wood and glass in my current raised deck and transom...
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If the work on the existing 23 was done with plywood, the mods could easily weigh more than the weight addition of doing a composite stretch of the 23 to 27. NidaCore is now known as CarbonCore - it is the lightest stuff I know of for a core material - practically nothing.
From the sounds of it, the 27 would weigh pretty much what your existing 23 weighs and maybe even less. While the 23 was not Carl's design it would be interesting to hear his comments if would make any. The more I think about it, the more I like it.
The deck of a stock 23 would have to be raised at least 1.5" since it slopes down aft at 1-1.5 degrees relative to the keel - over 4' that is about an inch. Since this 27 would likely be carrying a pretty heavy load a lot of the time, 2" might be a good number.
It looks like the CG would stay in a similar place too.