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Hi...new to the site and new as a Macgregor 26x owner. I can not find an answer to this question even after doing a vigorous web search. What is used to store water for the Galley sink and head sink and where do I purchase them...thank you, Ron

The collapsible Polyethylene water jugs (5 gallon capacity) came with my boat. I since moved up to the Aquatainers so I dont have to worry about leaks. look in the Mac Mods button on left under galley Mods for some ideas.

This is the latest version of the jug in question. The supply tube to the hand pump is attached to the spigot of the jug with a standard screw clamp.

I've also seen them in WalMart in the camping section.

These things are a true pita and like Catigale, I replaced the whole system a long ago with a pressure demand pump and 40 gal collapsible under the dinette.

I mashed the jugs flat and keep them in the boat as a means of carrying water in the dinghy if I ever have to.

OK a question for you guys with larger volumes of potable water .
How much bigger can I go and not have negative effects, is it worse as the volume reduces in the bigger bag? I am thinking of putting it either. .under the V berth with a demand pump or under the rear berth again with one of those 12V. demand pumps. If I keep it as close to the center line as possible does it matter? I am only thinking of about 12 to 15 gallons.
What has me concerned is when I tried to move 15 gallons of water in my plastic wheel barrow. . . WOW !

We put a 28Gal Plastimo bladder in the seat locker across from the head and never really noticed any nagative affect, but we were so loaded down with jun...ah, I mean important stuff I wouldn't have noticed!

richandlori wrote:We put a 28Gal Plastimo bladder in the seat locker across from the head and never really noticed any nagative affect, but we were so loaded down with jun...ah, I mean important stuff I wouldn't have noticed!

That's what I am thinking and hoping. I have never noticed anything going on with the wife and or a grand child or two down there moving around when we sail. But they don't do it much and never when we have had a healing situation or rapid changes in heal......
My concern is . . .as when I posted this past fall. We fell off a 6 foot wave and wallowed around twice in quick succession. HUmmmm would the extra slosh have made THE difference then?

I really got to like the Reliant collapsible 5 gallon jugs in the 26X. They're easy to carry out to the boat where our docks don't have water and they don't require venting since they collapse as the water is used. Easy to take home for refill and sanitizing. We sat them in cheap dishpans to keep the rough unfinished fiberglass in the MacGregor bilge from damaging them.

Now we use them in the Capri 18 in an extra Coleman 48 quart cooler. There's one reinforced hose that runs to a Jabsco electric water pump in the cockpit locker and I switch that hose between the jugs.



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Moe

I bought a 13 gallon Plastimo bladder off of Ebay. When full its only 5 inches thick and lays underneath the cooler box under the rear table seat. I was going to design a fill tube up to the liner adjacent to the head door, but just lift the liner box out fill i up and back together. Uses essentially unused space and plumbing runs to both sinks was easy.

For longevity and security, I installed two 9 gal. Todd plastic tanks athwartship the center line against the forward bulkhead under the v verth. the tanks have ports let into the tops for cleaning if needed. Fill is by a standard RV water hose connection on the starboard side of the motor area behind the helmseat and jut under the coaming. Water fill is done through a carbon filter to remove any sedimetn or bad tastes from the water coming on board. Vent is to the rear at the height of the helm seat. A Shurflo 20 lb pressure demand pump on a separate switch in the galley provides water to both the head and the galley sink when the switch is on. A red light glows to tell me when the pump is left on needlessly.

If anything, the extra weight forward has helped sailing and motoring performance by counterbalancing the weight aft of cargo, fuel and motor. Straddling the center line I can tell no difference as far as heeling goes under sail.

I have the same 13 gal. plastimo as Capt. Steve and it is square in shape, fits under the aft berth just behind the companioway ladder and helps keep weight away from the transom area. The 32 gal plastimos hold more but are long and rectangular and would likely distribute weight further aft. There are only two of us so water demands are not great. I also sanded and painted the bilges so the area is smooth (no glass shards) but I also put big piece of that rubber matting you can buy off the roll on the bilge bottom then folded it over the top of the bag to be sure it never gets damaged.

Used a 150 l Plastimo tank under the rear berth which actually holds just over 80l when full, did sand off the sharp edges and putmaterial top and bottom to stop damage, the bag is also held on the corners to stop it moving.
Used a shurflo pump and the sink water goes thruogh two filters (2 micron and .5 micron carbon) giving clean water from any supply.
Works great now.
It is in the mods section also with better detail.

I installed a 13 gallons plastimo water tank under the v berth, with ondemand pump, that supplies water for the kitchen and a shower in the rear of the boat.

where you could get it? where you could get it cheaper. Shop around.

I didn't feel any negative perfomance while sailing on my Mac 26x with a 13 gallons of water.

Happy Holidays
Miami, Florida

Chip is correct - - - Wal Mart has them in the camping section - - - but my Wal Mart also has the old standard kind that Moe shows for $4.99 each. At the minimum pick up a couple of the old ones (that come standard with the boat) and store them somewhere on the boat until the time comes.

Shop around to different Wal Marts until you find the model you want; I suspect each one can have slightly different merchandise.

Rick