Modifying a Kite plan for more speed?

I thought it best to start a separate thread for this question but @dutchlennart mentioned that the Osprey/Kite hull isn't a speed demon in my Kite+6% thread and it got me thinking. If you were going to modify the stock Kite design for the following parameters what would you do?
-Paddler and gear total weight roughly 340lbs
-48 to 56 strokes per minute with a 610 cm² (94.5 in²) area double blade.

I find my 6% upscaled (in every direction) build very stable. While it's comforting to have the extra stability I assume that comfort comes at the expense of speed. Not having a design background but still curious it has me wondering if I might have been better off keeping the stock form dimensions and just increasing the spacing between stations but up to what length? 17'-17.5'-18'? Or a mixture of % increase and length increase?

Or is it a better idea to just look at different designs? I have no interest in a boat that surprisingly overturns once in a while but would be interested is trading some stability for efficiency should I build another.

This is probably a question better suited for winter when everyone in bored but I'll put it out there anyway.

Opinions?

Greenval barracuda..
Not sure how well it behaves with 340 lbs.
I Did paddle that one and it is yummie with my 80 ish kilo's
I would start with that and maybe scale that. Or look very carrenfully at a blackwater or a swift cruiser.

Or put a sail on your kite.

I'm interested in this as well. I love the look of the kite, and the manoeuvrability and tripping capabilities of it. But I know my partner would prefer something with that capability but also some speed: she grew up surrounded by racing canoes, so even when we go for a mosey along the shore she tends to automatically start going up through the gears. That said, safety and functionality is always top of the list.
I've considered a Kite stretched 6% and with the forms left as designed. I wonder how much difference there would be.

I just love the look of the kite. Then there's the Merlin, which sounds like a hull designed to be faster, but with less rough-water comfort maybe? Everything is a compromise.

Canoes are fun, and variety is the spice of life.

There are computer intelligent people here, that can probably design a hull, for you.

To me ? That would be the most exciting route !

So you enlarged the Kite ?

I'm not real familiar with the Kite design.
If it has hull rocker ? Take it out.

All of Gene Jensen's racers were straight keeled.

A solo hull, meant to carry a paddler, with say a week's worth of camping gear ?
In my opinion ? 16' or slightly over, and 30" in width.

To me Bruce Kunz's 38 Spl. fits the bill pretty good.

Bruce's Merlin, was the origin, it's a fine hull. Fast, tracks well.

Someone talked Bruce, into making it bigger, for a bigger paddler.
He did, with the aid of a computer. .38% bigger.
Thus the 38 Spl. was born.
I've tried a few times to improve upon it. Still trying !

Going back ? I'd go with the forms you have, and flatten the keel. Experiment with a Racing shaped Bow stem.

Just an old guy's $.02 worth.

Jim

@Jim Dodd it's all hypothetical and brainstorming for me for right now: I should be building a canoe for the first time soon, and it'll be anything but a speedy solo tripper. But I am perpetually dreaming about what would make up the 'perfect' canoes to give our family of three maximum fun and potential. And I absolutely plan to build another boat soon after this first one.

I absolutely appreciate your two cents! As I'm sure @BigandSmall will too. I really enjoyed his Kite +6% thread.
The big problem for me is there are too many gorgeous boat designs out there... And I don't have the money, time or storage space to accommodate the many that I would really love to build! Kite, Bob's Special, Merlin, Hiawatha, Kipawa... I would need a much bigger garage!
Our family canoe is a Jensen WhiteWater II, and it's a great boat to paddle with a load, and fast: my partner can get it moving a lot quicker than it has any right to move with me in the stern seat.

Low rocker for speed, all day: but without much experience in solo canoes it's hard to imagine how much difference those tweaks make, and where the sweet spot lies for versatility, manoeuvrability, seaworthiness... and getting somewhere in time to set up camp without a headlight.