Re: Potential Kelt 7.60 owner, Maryland

Posted by Mark Williamson on
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The centerboard tube looks fine.  Ideally you'd want to remove, inspect, and epoxy at some point.

One other thing.  You can see rust degradation on the keel.  This is normal.  The paint wears and the keel rusts.  It's a PIA to take it down to bare metal and apply a two-part epoxy - and get it to adhere well.  I've done it twice, the last time with Interlux (I think) and it's doing okay.  There are a couple of schools of thought on whether this is necessary.  One is that it's more a cosmetic concern.  It's a big hunk of iron and will take a hundred years to degrade to a point where you'd be concerned about it.  So, just touch it up as needed.  I think I did mine more because it was annoying me.

It almost looks like they put the bottom paint over some rusted areas.  If so then that's kind of slack.  They might have attempted to sand/touchup before painting.  If so then it still looks a little slack because rust is already coming through.