There's no scratch to go along with a trap hook digging in. Someone climbing on board? Standing on the hull shouldn't cause anything like that either. Shipping damage possibly, but this boat has been babied, and really barely sailed last summer. (2-3 rec sails, and 4 regatta's)I picked it up in July and was swamped with work till the snow flew. I'm not trying to be a dick, or sound like one either. I'm also not trying to exploit HC for a new hull. It's tough not sounding over defensive about these things when conversing in this format. I was just hoping there was a simple answer like: "We had a run of about a 100 hulls that had that same issue and we will sell you one at half price. It's caused by the whatsit, being too tight on the thingy during the something process". I wouldn't buy a new hull anyway. Like I said before I'm not concerned with the structural integrity of the hull, its just an ugly flaw. Thanks for checking into it for me Matt.

,Karl