The M/V Nay Dean at dock in her home port of Sandy Point, Abaco, Jan. 1992
Photo: Author’s photo/collection
MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Nay Dean
PAST NAMES: none
DIMENSIONS: 91 tons
CONSTRUCTION: wood
YEAR BUILT: trading by 1989
EARLY CAREER: Nassau, northern Long Island, back to Nassau
CAPTAINS: Capt. Ernest Alexander Dean
FATE: replaced by M/V Mia Dean, otherwise not known – not in most ship indexes referenced
NOTES:
A research paper entitled “Project Document Agricultural Sector Services Marketing Component,” by Trevor Hamilton & Associates, Internationals Consultants & Analysts, Kingston, Jamaica, WI, October, 1989, on page 12 lists two Bahamian mail boats named Nay Dean: one 91 tons and the other 146 tons, both serving Northern Long Island from Nassau. Judging from the photo this must be the smaller vessel.