Video Tour of the Winchelsea

By Sailor Keddy -
As promised...enjoy! Oh, and comment if you so desire, please :)


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Unknown said…
Thanks for the tour! This is great - I keep meaning to do this with our boat, but lately we're dealing with the clutter issue. We just need to invite some people over and that forces us to clean it up.
February 22, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Unknown said…
I can't believe that just two days separate your "frozen... in and out" post and this video. It's like you're in Florida!
February 22, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Unknown said…
The music in the background is really what makes this video. Quite a floating bachelor pad you have there!
March 4, 2010 at 5:49 PM
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