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Hello,
I just move my M26from shipyard to marina, during the trip with 4 people in the cockpit some water (2Cm) entering from draining hole. off course when some move front in the boat the water drain out.
Is this normal? i ask this due the fact for my is first time with this kind of boat and I would like to know if this happen normally. I leaved open the seacock ....
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It happens occasionally when you have plenty of crew, a lot of load in the aft and are sailing on a beat so that the boat heels. It is nothing to bother about.

Compared to a standard IF-boat, an M26 also carries the extra weight of the engine in the aft regions.
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The M26 cockpit is also located further aft than on the IF-boat.
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Johan SWE-1870 skrev:The M26 cockpit is also located further aft than on the IF-boat.
This also depends on where the drains are located longitudinally compared to an IF-boat. For an IF-boat the drains are located in the aft end of the cockpit, but maybe the drains of an M26 are located forward or in the middle.
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Hi maia, the holes are located same position of if boat, I changed the hose and the original was straight the news make like a "s" , I hope this will not the cause or I change again with more straight hose.
What you think?
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maja skrev:
Johan SWE-1870 skrev:The M26 cockpit is also located further aft than on the IF-boat.
This also depends on where the drains are located longitudinally compared to an IF-boat. For an IF-boat the drains are located in the aft end of the cockpit, but maybe the drains of an M26 are located forward or in the middle.
Perhaps I was not very clear, so here´s an explanation:
If the cockpit is more aft, the mass of the crew in the cockpit is also more aft.
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If you understand german you may be interested in this http://f3.webmart.de/f.cfm?id=2292629&r ... 55792&pg=1
or try Google Translate. It is from the German IF-boat Forum.

It seems as if more M26 owners note that water is coming in to the cockpit. There is even a smart tip there on how to put a short tube on top of the drains when sailing, and remove them when the boat is resting.
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Johan SWE-1870 skrev:There is even a smart tip there on how to put a short tube on top of the drains when sailing, and remove them when the boat is resting.
Really smart for flat water... :-))

But it prevents the function of the drains for heavy sea conditions, when water is coming into the cockpit from above...:-((
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