David Crosby's Schooner Arrives at Dana Point Harbor

David Crosby's yacht, the Mayan, was docked Saturday afternoon at Dana Point Harbor before sailing to Santa Barbara, according to representatives at the Ocean Institute.

The yacht is for sale and appears in a classified ad on  yachtworld.com along with a number of photos of the galley, cabin, sleeping quarters and of Crosby at the helm of the yacht.

The ad reads:

• Year: 1947
• Current price: U.S. $850,000 
• Hull material: wood
• Engine/fuel type: single diesel

• YW No.  76263-2007887  

"This yacht is a classic wooden sailboat in look, in design and in performance. Mayan has been owned for more than 40 years by David Crosby of Crosby, Stills & Nash. It was very extensively rebuilt ($600,000) in 2005 by Wayne Ettel in Wilmington, CA. The details of the rebuild were featured in Wooden Boat magazine No. 187/66.

"The boat is a very powerful design that takes the weather very well. The cabin layout is very traditional but easily sleeps eight in three staterooms plus a large saloon double berth. The boat has been continuously upgraded since 2005 with the addition of new electronics and continuous maintenance by paid hands."

The sailboat was docked alongside the Pilgrim, where just about the only sign of life on a lazy Saturday afternoon was a sleepy dog on deck sunning itself.

Incidentally, Crosby, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, co-wrote a song with Stephen Stills and the Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner called "Wooden Ships," released in 1969. It was written aboard Crosby's boat while he was in Florida, and some say the song's lyrics are about the Vietnam War. Crosby is credited with composing the music; Kantner and Stills are said to have written the lyrics.