Modifications

This page will show all modifications I've found on the net on the original Kelt 760 design. Hope these will be an inspiration for your own boat improvements.
I'm not the owner of all the images used, so if you found a photo I'm using and it's yours, but you don't want it published on my blog, please let me know.

Swimming Platform

This Kelt obviously has a extended back side, giving a nice swimming platform. A closer look reveils that the rudder has been changed dramatically.  It seems to be moved below the extension. It would be nice to see how this rudder was made.

Wheel Installation

Found some pictures from a wheel-install on the boat, replacing the standard tiller.  I've read about an Edson system and it's connected to the rudder via a single push/pull cable ("pull-pull conduit"). A single cable/conduit runs beneath the deck, into the port storage area, to a mechanism in the transom which attaches to the rudder via a rod. The pedestal has forward/reverse and throttle.

Some more pictures of another boat having this modification:

Washboard stips

Not sure if the Kelt's built after 1984 had this improvement, but this Kelt has the wooden washboard strips replaced with RVS metal plates. My wooden ones are quite weathered so would need to be replaced and this is a nice option. As far as I can see they are mounted the same way with rivets.

Additional Window

For some more cooling or releasing the steam of the cooking area below, here an additional window has been placed in the existing window. Nice idea!

Plexiglass Washboard

The multiplex washboard's need a lot of care to keep them in good shape. I've replaced them already with new ones, but after 4 years they are clearly not that nice looking anymore. Here the washboard is replaced with brown shaded acrylic, that seems to give enough privacy, but give's also quite some light into the cabin.