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No, but you make sure you have a buddy holding them in place while you are taking the screws out. They will want to unfold and scratch the shiyt out of your top deck.
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i would admit it looks cleaner but it sure does provide an aread to tie off hold onto etc, specially with a boat that is 38ft. I dont know about you but on mine 29 it seems the cleets were poorly placed as it was. If I were to take the bow rail off Id probably at least put 1-2 pop cleats on each side.
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I seen a 42Ex this summer that was minus the rails & it looked real good, I meant to ask the owner if he ordered it that way or removed them, but he was gone by the time we finished lunch @ Brownies, Anyways it got me thinking about it to, I wish I would have done it when my boat was @ Mitcher T's I would just add a few pin cleats to fill in the rail holes,
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it seems with fountain that they sort of or have missed on comfort things in the past. Love my boat, but I guess thats what you get when you buy a race boat fitted for pleasure vs a pleasure boat fitted for performance like other brands take.
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I was thinking the same thing as far as putting some pin cleats on. Maybe 2 on each side. I am taking it for some touch up in a couple of weeks, will let you know what painter says.