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Many boats (the better ones at least) have through-bolts at each stanchion with nuts and backing plates on the undersides of the deck. If this is the case with the boat in question, the nuts may have come loose, or the core (or bedding material) has been reduced in thickness - perhaps as a result of rot caused by water intrusion.
Screws simply securing the baseplates to the top FRP layer and/or bedding compound, are subject to fail under load - subsequently exposing the core to water intrusion and the core material to rot.
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