Well, don't worry about the loose stanchions, it is an easy fix. I had the same problems on Black Magic. The mountion plate for the stanchions has 4 bolts. 2 of the bolts connect through solid glass, nothing to do here but calk and tighen. The inboard two holes actual are on the fringe of the balsa core. When I removed the bolts, the core was damp. I just took a bent nail removed approx 2 inch, then filled with the West system, redrilled the holes and bolted up. No problem.
