I Don't think the wings weight any more than a couple pounds each. I can pick each one up with my pinky finger, and I'm by no means a rock climber or body builder. I've sailed on a 18SX, and I know where your consternation comes from, those things are huge, and heavy. The 17 wings are little more than a tube with a small piece of cloth on them. What I'm talking about here is a bar for trapping out, not a huge 18sx style wing.

And to keep my windward hull skimming the water in anything over 10knots, I'm trapt out.

The only reason I haven't raced yet, is because shite keeps breaking at the most inopportune moment, and the 17 sailors have been sailing in the class for years, and theres no way I'd get a place amongst those guys.