You are going the right way wih thinking of wings (i'm sounding like a stuck record ) on my stealth 18ht/f16 hybrid , the bows dont go down on bear off wwhatever the wind is, I snapped a board off bearing away in 35 knotts , but bows never dipped, its not something that enters my mind and I can concentrate on getting kite up asap .

With the huge leverage of the 18ht rig I reckon for strong wind sailing they are essential , I think it was on the 18ht that John Pierce developed the wings before he went on to make em standard on his F 16s and evertone swears by them .

Promise not to mention it ever again !!!