The Mayan - David Crosby's legendary schooner

[watersofdiego]

I just found this video.

Wow I didn't know the musician David Crosby was a sailor himself. I guess this where the song "Southern Cross" came from.

The Mayan - David Crosby's legendary schooner - YouTube

"For $1,000,000 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."

David Crosby’s Mayan at Never Sea Land

[roverhi]

David made a circumnavigation in the Mayan IIRC. Through all his financial woes over the years including losing his home, he kept the Mayan and apparently kept her in good condition. He truly loves sailing and that boat. Boat has been for sale for a few years. Seem to remember it was around the time I sailed to Hawaii in 2010 that I first heard she was for sale. Latitude 38 - 'Lectronic Latitude

[jackdale]

Stephen Stills wrote "Southern Cross"

"Wooden Ships" was written by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Paul Kantner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O69L2mO9y-4

Neil Young also sailed



The Way It's Supposed to Be: W.N. Ragland | Yachting Magazine

[hellosailor]

See the album cover for "CSN" it is shot on the yacht 1976 or 77.

IIRC he also put a 3m$ refit into it not so long ago.

[S/V Alchemy]

Well, he's known for deliveries.

[sail2wind]

the lyrics state "80' of waterline" and "Music" was her name, true, Steven Stills wrote the song, not David Crosby

[Boatguy30]

Now's there an old schooner fit for the Tasman!

I'd guess the budget is only off by about a factor of 5 when you figure in periodic refits and nearly annual haul outs.

[Mike Vogdes]

Actually, a yachtworld search shows her for sale for $750,000 now.

[Snore]

Originally Posted by Mike Vogdes

Actually, a yachtworld search shows her for sale for $750,000 now.

WOW, much better......

Will they take a check?

[Khagan1227]

Originally Posted by Snore

WOW, much better......

Will they take a check?

Too late, it's mine, and David is taking me out for a test sail on it, then we get a private concert.

[Freedom52]

You should track down Capt. Robbie. He had the Mayan while David was in TX prison. I crewed a couple times in SB and liked the boat. David's wife (Linda?) is a lot nicer than he is, or at least more patient. A full time Capt in SB was maintaining the boat with some help when I was there around 1989-90. I can't remember his name but a very nice guy.

BTW, 80' of waterline is fictitious, and Robbie had his own story of the song's creation. I'll never forget a sundown BBQ in the Abacos, with a charcoal grill on the deck, only inches above the teak and Honduran mahogany, passing the rum bottle and Robbie squirting lighter fluid on the grill to cook the fish he expertly speared that day. A true pirate ship at that time, probably around 1986. Even had two Sunfish for harbor races . Good times!

[Geoduck]

We put a bunch of frames and planks in the 'Ragland' back in 1979 when Neil had the boat in Ft. Lauderdale.
Then I saw the boat anchored at Half Moon Bay and saw his wife standing on the bow. I motored over in my skiff and asked her if those frames were still holding up. (Green wood) She said they had just replaced them a couple of weeks back. They lasted 10 years.
Neil Young had a recording studio set up inthe freight hold of the Ragland.
Tough life!

[ryon]

Originally Posted by Freedom52

You should track down Capt. Robbie. He had the Mayan while David was in TX prison. I crewed a couple times in SB and liked the boat. David's wife (Linda?) is a lot nicer than he is, or at least more patient. A full time Capt in SB was maintaining the boat with some help when I was there around 1989-90. I can't remember his name but a very nice guy.
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Probably Captain Jody, another nice guy, who invited me for a short sail last year. Beautiful schooner! She's docked near the launching ramps, for anyone wanting to see her in Santa Barbara.

[MasterKye]

Wow, this Google search takes me back...I hung out on that boat when I was 9 yrs old (1983) in Marsh Harbor. I think the Captain helped us sail our boat back to the states when my father was injured. I remember a pretty wild crew!

[Schooner Chandlery]

We saw Mayan a couple years ago in Santa Barbara -- she looked great. I wonder if she's still there now.