Linda & Paul McCartney Cruising on a Yacht In Los Angeles - Color Home Movie - 24 June 1968

All available footage of this silent home movie taken near Catalina island in Los Angeles, sources used are the Wingspan documentary and various Paul McCartney pre-show films. Footage is in varying quality with some parts being really bad and others looking excellent.

1 month prior to this, in May, Linda was able to slip Paul her phone number at an Apple press conference and their relationship was renewed. It was 2 days prior to this video, that they met up in person again (there is also some footage from that day).

Info from “Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles”, by Tony Bramwell and Rosemary Kingsland:
Paul knew that if Linda went with him on the boat, the news would get out very quickly. He was torn between going, or keeping her a secret for a little longer by hiding her back in the bungalow. In the end he decided they would both go, and Linda could always say she was just taking pictures.

As we left the hotel to get into the limo, Peggy Lipton suddenly appeared, bikini and towel packed in her beach bag, ready to spend the day with us. Somebody must have told her we were going sailing. ‘Oh my God,’ said Paul when he spotted her. ‘She can’t come.’

I had to tell her in the nicest possible way that it was a private party, while Linda stood quietly to one side pretending she wasn’t with us. Peggy was very upset and got very argumentative. I realised that she needed the publicity for her career and had been told to make sure she got it, but Paul was tired of girls who used him. We drove off fast, leaving Peggy standing on the hotel steps in tears.

It was one of those perfect days, though not for Peggy, of course. We sailed to Catalina, feeling like Bogart and Bacall for whom the island was a favourite destination, along with the Flynns and the Fairbanks. We dived off the sides of the sailboat into the clear blue sea where dolphins swam, sunbathed on the decks, ate bacon sandwiches and drank champagne. It was a wonderful day, an antidote to the months of madness in London.



Reportedly, Paul played some songs on the boat that were soon to be recorded for the White Album, here, Paul can be seen playing and it's quite possible that it could be one of those songs.