A great photo of the boat under way in Nassau Harbour from cruise ship Carnival Victory in October 2013 by “Traveling Around” at https://www.flickr.com/photos/traveling-around/10546475685/in/set-72157637191091614/
MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Lady D
PAST NAMES: none known – this one replaced a “Lady D” built around 1979
DIMENSIONS: Bahamas Government # NP 5076
CONSTRUCTION: not known
PAST NAMES: none known – this one replaced a “Lady D” built around 1979
DIMENSIONS: Bahamas Government # NP 5076
CONSTRUCTION: not known
BUILT: 1992
EARLY CAREER: so far as is known she has been serving the Bahamas her entire 11-year career
BAHAMAS CAREER: serves Fresh Creek, Staniard Creek, Stafford Creek, Behring, Blanket Sound, & Browne Sound, Central Andros from Nassau – not on the schedule in end March 2014. Said to leave Tuesdays or Thursdays at noon, to take 5 hours and cost $30 each way.
CAPTAINS: Capt. Prince Munroe, Cell # (242) 554 0483
FATE: still serving Central Andros in April 2014
OWNERS: believed to be Capt. Prince Munroe or Munroe family interests
NOTES: The previous Lady D appears to have been sold to “Coletra” of La Paz, Bolivia.
M/V “Lady D” serving Central Andros / Fresh Creek & Staniard Creek. Did not sail that week. Capt. Prince Munroe told me that he has been serving Central Andros since 1976. He said the first “Lady D” was built around 1979/1980 and the second (this one) was built in 1992. If you need to move freight to Central Andros his cell # is 1 (242) 554 0483.
There is a blog where the author, who is cycling through North America and Europe, inquires about taking the Lady D to Andros, but so far as I can tell never boards her or takes photos: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=273961