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ALS, signed "David Crosby," two pages both sides, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, no date but circa September 1967. Handwritten letter to "Kris," in full: "For a number of years I have been trying to get together enough money to buy a boat. I finally have gotten a little together, but not enough to buy the kind of boat I want at American prices. I have been very turned on to the way they build boats to cope with the North Sea. Norwegian and Swedish built ketches and schooners seem to be built to last. What I'm looking for is a schooner or ketch between 50 and 80 feet, strongly built, not pretty or fancy or a yacht, because people want too much money for that condition. A working boat—sightseeing schooner or something like that. The only vital concerns are size and construction and rig. Nice layout below, pretty panelling, electronics, a good diesel, galley, heads are all things that can be done to a boat with time and money and work. The hull and rig are what I'm looking for. I am hoping to be able to come to Scandinavia in September, which I'm told is the best time for prices since summer is ending. I will have ten thousand dollars to work with but probably no more than that so you can see I'm limited by prices here. This letter is a little incoherent, but if you can make sense out of it, will you write me and tell me if there is any chance of finding what I want." In very fine condition. Accompanied by a return mailing envelope, addressed by Crosby to himself in Los Angeles.
Crosby received $10,000 as a settlement after being kicked out of the Byrds, which he decided to put towards a boat. He reflects on the episode in his autobiography Long Time Gone: 'I got the Mayan for $22,500, which I borrowed from Peter Tork, who was flush with Monkees money. It's the best money I ever spent. The Mayan stands for the good things in my life: health, sanity, and freedom—all the positive values…When we got it, we sailed it around, across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas and down to the Carribean. Paul Kantner and Stephen Stills flew down to join me one time and we wrote 'Wooden Ships' on the boat.'
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