For only $1M you can own David Crosby’s 1947 59′ Alden centerboard schooner Mayan, currently lying Santa Barbara. In a recent interview, the current owner said “I started sailing when I was 11, and so I’ve been sailing 54 years. … I wrote many songs on this boat. Down in that main cabin there, I wrote ‘Wooden Ships,’ I wrote ‘Page 43.’ I wrote ‘Carry Me.’ “
As beautiful below as above, and quick on the water, she would be a delight to own and sail, although one knowledgeable source estimates she would take $4000/mo to keep in prime condition.
Thanks to S/A for the find.
I saw this beauitful boat today in the Santa Barbara harbor.She is a rare one. And think of the musical history that goes along with her.
In 1996 i won a radio contest that flew me and my husband to LA, drove us to Santa Barbara and we sailed with David, his wife and their then very young son. One of the most surreal events in my life. Such a nice man.
Why is he selling after all these years?
He needs the bread
I lived on the Mayan for 2 yrs. in the 70’s. We sailed her to Mexico, up and down the CA coast. I wonder if he ever got the gal of Italian salad dressing I stowed poorly out of the bilges? Very sad to learn he is selling her. So MANY dear memories of my misspent (?) youth on that boat. I wish I knew how to reach David now. I think he would be pleased to hear from me.
Hi Shelley,
I am Helen, the nurse in the first Crosby book – friend of Bill Martinelli. I also lived and sailed aboard Mayan in the late 70s.
Yeah, it is a great old tub. I had some wonderful moments on board but the best were under the sea in the SB Channel. I have a very vivid memory of diving at approx. 120 feet off Santa Barbara Is. and seeing the largest manta I have ever seen, including to date. Oh yeah, spinner dolphin pods, seals, the US Navy off San Clemente Is., the rookery on Santa Rosa Is., Abalone as big as my head, lobster as big as SCUBA tank, Joe Walsh, crazy…
Hey, somebody out there buy this thing and invite me back. I will show you the best dive anchorages in So Cal!!!!
I sailed the North Channel once.
hi shelley nice reading about you in davids autobiography. i really injoyed this book……….
Shelly – I have an email address for the Croz … It’s not exactly classified info — it was publicly available on a CPR chat board I participated in a while back — but I don’t want to spread it around to the general Web. Ping me at darren at remixedmag dot com and I’ll pass it on.
I am just trying to get into sailing and always felt in synch with David’s music and perspective. Seen many shows and always wanted to meet him and just hang, thanking him for all the wonderful music and insight. I also enjoyed his bio and hope all is well with him, given his love of sailing. All the best David/Jan
She’s a fine ship!
i remember when the Mayan was down in Tahiti in the early 70’s, when Bud Hedrick was the skipper. nice boat. nice to sail on. Crosby’s had a liver transplant, and a lot of hard livin’. at 67, it’s probably time to hand it over to another generation. probably at a bit of a premium because of the celebrity, but nice to see it’s for sale in top condition. someone on another blog rematked, ‘if walls (planking) could talk…” aye.
Hi Bud. How are you?
I partied many a night with Robbie on this yacht in Abaco. If only those walls could talk…maybe its better they don’t. Gorgeous yacht with a spacious deck layout in fact.
Too bad he put $700,000 into restoring it, when other Alder Schooners in the same condition go for about 1/4 of what he’s asking. But what’s this about “informed sources say it would take $4000/month to keep her up”? Maybe in Santa Barbara, but not anywhere else. She doesn’t need a damn thing except to be sailed and loved.