Hi All, its me again, I certainly seem to have no shortage of questions for this forum. I was out for a sail off of Point Roberts yesterday in a pretty good breeze, maybe 15 knots and found my M17 to sail quite nicely indeed. This was essentially my first sail on my new boat and she performed admirably. At the same time though, a new issue popped up. The cockpit drain is acting like the opposite of a drain and the cockpit was taking on water. Back at port, when sitting in the cockpit, the water in the drain pipe, is sits just below the level of the cockpit floor. I presume a previous owner of this boat did some work on this part of the boat and is no longer configured as originally manufactured. What is the correct configuration of this pipe? The thru hull fitting is located way below the water line, which I am guessing is not a problem as long as it is configured correctly. Do these drains ever have check valves installed on them? Thanks in advance for everyone's input. Jason Leckie 1980 M17 'Kuma' Point Roberts, WA