You are right about the dents, my A Class has several. I guess any boat with a foam core will dent - I have owned several Marstrom Tornadoes - they are very strong but still dent - particularly when new. If you don't want dents, I guess you get a boat which is solid glass.



With matching gel coat (or paint for the Marstrom) you can patch them quite easily and invisibly. But I agree it is a pain.



I am not an expert on non-foam core boats so can only guess that something like an H16 or similar construction would be less prone to dents. It all comes down to priorities - if you want a high tech racer, development class, don't expect to run it into things without dents/damage.



If you want low maintenance, there are many classes which will be - although perhaps at a cost of some weight (which is where we came in with this thread??????)



But overall, my A Class is structurally a very strong boat, as demonstrated above, as is my Tornado. Just got to be careful around beaches, rocks and the compeition. And I wouldn't trade either of them for some of the more bulletproof boats.