Hiya, I have two of the same fitted to my own boat...and as Tom says, get stainless nuts and bolts to fix them in., as the supplied fixings "pull through" with a big fish hitting your bait/lure,..also, used conventionally, the angle of the rod (for me anyway) is too high, so, its an easy job to fit them the "wrong" way round to get a lower angle....also, I cut the ends off, allowing the rods to fit right down in the holder, and so the reels ( Penn Int 50W) sit on the gunwhale of the boat, and not in the air....I also use carabina clips on nylon cord, attaching the rod and reels to the boat


Hopefully they will be safe !!
