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Rolling? Playboating? River-running?
You really can't consider width (AKA beam) in isolation from your center of gravity - it's better to consider width as the bottom two points of a triangle and your center of gravity as the top point. So, for example, if you have a playboat and you want to get more leverage over your chines, you can raise the seat. Your width doesn't change, but your relationship to that width does.
A low, flat triangle (wide boat with a low seat) will be very stable, but it could be harder to roll depending on how the deck is shaped and you will have relatively low leverage over the chines.
A high, pointy triangle will be relatively less stable but you will have lots of control over the chines and then again rolling might be affected depending on some other factors.
So, like most things in boat design, it really depends on what effect you are looking for and what compromises you are willing to make.
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What kind of performance? New 
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