what about the holes in the boat?
for gluing battery hold-down trays to the floor, I think I'd sand the area pretty well then use something like devcon 2-minute epoxy (walmart, homedepot, etc.), got some loctite brand epoxy at (I think) pepboys once, that might be about the best I've come across.
Screws breaking off - there has to be a reason, I'm curious about that. Did the screws themselves break, or did they pull out of a rotted floorboard?
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