I've read this forum for a long time, but do most of my posting on another windsurf forum. However, there's little knowledge of raceboards on my home forum and I know there's quite a few RB fans here.

I sail in a rather light wind spot. Sea breezes under 12-15 mph are the norm, and I've found that my best bet for consistent fun on the water is my raceboard and 9.5m sail. My board is a Mistral Equipe II, sail is an Aerotech Dagger 9.5 (a raceboard sail). I'm a bit hefty at 98kg sans wetsuit.

As long as there's a breeze i can get the board going moderately fast... enough that I'm having fun railing the board. Lots of times I am planing with the centerboard 1/3 of the way down and not quite able to get in the back foot straps. Getting fully planing and in the straps is more of a rare occasion. I was wondering if adding batwings, a la Starboard Phantom, would help with full-on planing ability. I am rather adept with carbon and epoxy and vac bagging, so I am confident in my ability to add some batwings to the board.

Has anyone tried a modification like this? Are my chances of negatively altering the board handling pretty high? Do you think it will help increase my planing time, or am I better off just losing some weight to increase my light wind performance?