I thought these were some spy photos of the new 2014 "Corporate Fountain" with the new cement stringer system for a safer more stable "Race Style" ride borrowed directly from the fastest fishing trawler they could find while doing multi hundred dollar research using secret 'Craigs list" identities so as not to reveal their secret. Lol. Randy

A little 5200 and she's as good as new.

Should have used a wood backer so it pinched to the hull and the screws wouldn't be exposed to the water.

He is rigging for jelly fish trolling!!!

Guy at the boat store up the road from me was telling me about a guy who had a smaller boat and installed new floor in it. (I think it was a flatbottom aluminum boat). ANyway the guy used too long of screws and went through tthe boat into the trailer bunks. WHen he went to launch his boat it wouldn't come off the trailer. He pulled it back out to make sure he didn't forget a strap. Put it back in and still couldn't get it off the trailer. So he left the local launch (which is behind this boat store) and went in to have the guys at the store ook at the boat to help him figure out why the boat wouldn't come off the trailer. It was only then he realized he had essentially bolted his boat hull to the trailer bunks. I swear to this day I thought the story was BS, but after seeing these pics, I believe the story may have been true. WTF is wrong with people??

I did make a similar mistake a few years ago... I pulled some panels out of the cabin of our Velocity to recover them with white vinyl. Well I take a decent amount of pain meds daily (chronic back pain, multiple surgeries, yada, yada, yada) anyway I was putting the panels back in and didn't realize there were three different lenght screws (depending n where the hole was). ANyway, I just randomly grabbed the screws and put them back in. Well on one of them I noticed a bit of resistance but figured maybe I had not lined the hole upperfect, but since they were being screwed into wood pieces glassed into the side, no big deal. The panes went back in without issue and all was good. Well the next day I decided to give the boat a bath. Well I was hand washing it and all of a sudden, right behind my registration numbers, something hooked my hand and tore me open.. Blood everywhere. Guess what it was??? The end of a screw was poking throgh enoght to have gotten my hand. Leason learned.... Anyway, the smal damage I created was just below the rub rail, well above the waterline so I continued to use the boat until the end of season (of course I put a small dab of sealant in the hole). I had my fiberglass guy fix it up and to this day I cannot find the exact spot, but boy did I feel stupid. THe whole season if someone noticed that spot (before it was fixed) I old them some dumb-ass ran into the boat.........