She was originally built White Oak for the frames, Honduran Somosa for the heavy timbers, Honduran mahogany for the planking (fastened with iron nails) and yellow pine for ceiling carvel planking Teak decking atop White oak deck frames.
She was significantly rebuilt in 2005 with purple heart frames and bronze fastened double-planked with sepele and cedar set in epoxy.
[2][3][4] In 1969, musician David Crosby found Mayan in Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale and purchased her for $22,500 borrowed from Peter Tork.
In 1970, Crosby began living on Mayan full-time and wrote rock songs such as Wooden Ships, Carry Me, and Lee Shore while aboard.
[1][6] In 2014, Stacey & Beau Vrolyk purchased Mayan from Crosby and moved her to Santa Cruz, California which remains her home port.