The whale incident

[Villavic]

In the Tusk video, John McVie is represented by a life-sized photo of himself mounted on board. According to... well, you know where I read it:

While we were actually recording at the stadium, John and eight other lads headed for Tahiti, thirty-five days at sea. One clear night, stars you could read by, shooting stars everywhere, total peace and quiet on the smooth downwind run, dolphins cruising alongside... suddenly the whole boat tipped sickeningly. Twenty-eight tons, almost keeled over. In the cabin people were on the floor, smashed crockery everywhere. They'd been rammed by a whale! At Tahiti the boat was hauled and they found a huge ding in the transom. Fleetwood Mac had almost lost Mr. McVie.

Does anybody know about articles, news that described about this, too? I found photos of John on a boat but I don't know if it was the same one from this episode.

[HomerMcvie]

Hey guys, he's got the book out again. How about a good old fashioned lynching?

[jbrownsjr]

I did not know this story. Wow.

[Macfan4life]

He consults his book.

Oh wait....that's the other thread

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I did not know this story. Wow.

Have you not read Mick's first book??? I'll bet I've read it 100 times.

His second book I've never touched, though. I guess that's the different fan I became over the years. Once you know he's a liar, it's not as enthralling.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Hey guys, he's got the book out again. How about a good old fashioned lynching?

I knew it! You are a descendant of Tomás de Torquemada.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

I knew it! You are a descendant of Tomás de Torquemada.

Never bring an axe to a gun fight.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Villavic

In the Tusk video, John McVie is represented by a life-sized photo of himself mounted on board. According to... well, you know where I read it:

While we were actually recording at the stadium, John and eight other lads headed for Tahiti, thirty-five days at sea. One clear night, stars you could read by, shooting stars everywhere, total peace and quiet on the smooth downwind run, dolphins cruising alongside... suddenly the whole boat tipped sickeningly. Twenty-eight tons, almost keeled over. In the cabin people were on the floor, smashed crockery everywhere. They'd been rammed by a whale! At Tahiti the boat was hauled and they found a huge ding in the transom. Fleetwood Mac had almost lost Mr. McVie.

Does anybody know about articles, news that described about this, too? I found photos of John on a boat but I don't know if it was the same one from this episode.

I think in one of his Q&As John went into some detail about sailing mishaps? I'm pretty sure he mentioned being rammed by a baby whale. But I've never seen any articles etc about it.

--Lis

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

I think in one of his Q&As John went into some detail about sailing mishaps? I'm pretty sure he mentioned being rammed by a baby whale. But I've never seen any articles etc about it.

--Lis

Are those Q&A sessions still available? The list is still at

https://fleetwoodmac.net/fwm/index.p...d=28&Itemid=42

But no content is available and it shows an error: the xajax JAvascript component could not be included.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Are those Q&A sessions still available? The list is still at

https://fleetwoodmac.net/fwm/index.p...d=28&Itemid=42

But no content is available and it shows an error: the xajax JAvascript component could not be included.

Invalid link.

CHECK YOUR BOOK!

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Are those Q&A sessions still available? The list is still at

https://fleetwoodmac.net/fwm/index.p...d=28&Itemid=42

But no content is available and it shows an error: the xajax JAvascript component could not be included.

i get a weird message as well about some java crap but they do still work for me...? i just checked. they're all still up there...if i click on 'Ok' for the message, it still goes ahead and loads them. maybe try clicking ok and see if you can't view them.

let me stick a link here and see if it works...

https://www.fleetwoodmac.net/fwm/ind...d=55&Itemid=69

yes i just checked and the link above took me right to john's 1st one.
it would be sad if nobody else could see them!!

--Lis

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

let me stick a link here and see if it works...

https://www.fleetwoodmac.net/fwm/ind...d=55&Itemid=69

yes i just checked and the link above took me right to john's 1st one.
it would be sad if nobody else could see them!!

--Lis

This link does work, thanks!

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

This link does work, thanks!

It wasn't when I tried.

[jbrownsjr]

It worked for me.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

It wasn't when I tried.

Read Mick's book again and it will work.