water in the hull

New here so bear with me. Was out for the first time on my Mirage Outback sailing. Between the wind and small waves, I flipped it. Everything was ok, I righted it and made it in safely, losing only my sunglasses and little pride. My question is, when I got back to the beach, there was a significant amount of water in the hull. Would this be normal for rolling it or should I start looking for leaks? It was upside down for about 10 minutes before I could get it back over. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

I would look for leaks. New or new to you?

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

brand spankin new.

In my quick answer this morning... I was not considering the large forward hatch and the length of time inverted. The forward hatch, when inverted for a long period...



...could allow an amount of water into the hull. You can try an air pressure test as outlined in FAQs to be sure.

http://www.hobiecat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=12575

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

Matt, the hatch cover was my first guess as to the problem. Since the kayak is in my carport can't I just put water in the hull and check for leaks. Not full enough to put a great amount of stress on it but since I don't have any electronics or wiring, would that be a problem? It sure would be a positive check.

The air and soapy water test is the preferred method.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

All Righty Then. Soap test is easy/peasy. 15 min set up, with a piece of cardboard cut to size and taped to the forward screw hatch. Inserted the hose from the small shop vac, and turned it on. Filled a small spray bottle with a soap solution and sprayed all the fittings and anything that even looked like a scratch. Large hatch in front was the definitly the culprit. Air was blowing out around about 50% of the seal. Otherwise, the only other thing was the covers for the electronic wiring access. Just needed to tighten them down. I read about a fix for the front hatch, so I will be doing that, even though it probably wouldn't leak unless under water. Wow, do I feel better, even though is makes it apparent that it was ALL my fault for flipping it. All part of the learning curve I guess. No harm-- No foul. Thanks for the help.
MikeyM

Thank you for your update information. Yeah, soap test is easiest way to check.

On the brightside now you can check the checkbox saying you know how to do a wet re-entry and have practiced. My opinion this is something all of us should know how to do, and needs to be practiced. When my wife and I first started kayaking we both practiced flipping over and re-entry in our heated pool, we both failed, it's much harder than it looks if your a little overweight. We both practiced till we could do it easily. A couple yrs later out in open ocean we needed that experience, bottom line you just never know whats going to happen out there. Now your prepared...
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