In the aftermath of The Notorious Byrd Brothers, McGuinn and Hillman fire both Clarke and Crosby (“They were not nice about it,” Crosby later says). With his separation money Crosby, an avid sailor, buys an 74-foot schooner, the Mayan, and sets sail, eventually fetching up in Coconut Grove, Florida, where he happens upon on a young singer-songwriter playing away in obscurity and arranges for her to get a recording contract. Her name is Joni Mitchell.