I have thought about the exposed screws, in fact made up a template to see what I thought. There would be a lot of them +/-30, I think it would be busy, there is quite a bit of teak down below, and it's all bunged. I also thought about gluing the Fiddles and bracing them on until the adhesive cured. When I took them off, I removed the bungs and fasteners, and was shocked to find the silicon they applied 30 years ago was bomber. There was no movement in the Fiddles whatsoever once I removed the fasteners … like the fasteners were doing nothing at all ! It probably took me a half-hour or so per Fiddle to get them off with putty knives, small flat bars, etc. without damaging them … the Silicon was tenacious and strong ! I'm actually leaning towards back priming everything, installing, bunging, masking everything all off and just hunker down and get the coats on in place, hopefully won't be that much more work. Thanks, cheers, John