My boat, hull #46, did not have the outboard post connect from the hull to the cockpit sole, and consequently the aft bulkhead was separating from the deck as Jason described. I built an A-frame directly underneath the aft bulkhead out of teak and bolted it to the bulkhead (it simply rests on the hull; not glassed down or anything). Consequently, the load is spread over the two parts of the A-frame, plus I did put pads at the bottom of the A-frame to spread the load further. This has resulted in a very stiff cockpit, and the extra weight was minimal.

If you have big boys jumping around in the cockpit this would transfer directly through the outboard post to the hull with little diffusion, so it seems reasonable this could dented the hull even without delam/water intrusion. You will probably want to build an A-frame (I can send you a drawing), or sail with 4 cute girls instead of 6 big guys.

With regard to moving the outboard mount forward, it's not clear this would be class-legal, as the rules require the outboard to be secured to the post, and moving it forward would concentrate the weight further towards the center of the boat. I hate crawling back there to secure the outboard as much as anyone, but we should bring this up as a rules issue before folks in the bay start moving their outboard post.