Hey Jaz, I recently purchased a 22 myself and I was told to use drain plugs just to be safe. There is a bristol owners group forum on Google that is a lot more active and I am very sure many more owners to help you out there ... Also, bristolowners.org is great place to get in touch with another owners as well. One question though, do you have pictures of the rigging, base of the mast, and running rigging I could use for reference to set up my boat. If you can direct message me the pictures or copy to thread ... Thank you so much and Happy sailing!!
-TMP