MAILBOAT NAME: M/V United Spirit
PAST NAMES: M/V Russel Portier (1999-Sept. 2007), M/V United Spirit (Sep. 2007- Aug. 2008), then M/V Sea Spirit Aug. 2008 – present
DIMENSIONS: 498 gross tons, 750 DWT tons, IMO # 9221322, Call Sign 3EMW5
CONSTRUCTION: steel
BUILT: Russell Portier Shipyard, Chauvin Louisiana, USA
YEAR BUILT: 1999
EARLY CAREER: so far as is known she has been serving the Bahamas her entire career, however under different names, all owned by Mr. Thomas Hanna (see notes below under “Owner”)
BAHAMAS CAREER: serves Acklins, Long Cay and South Long Island, leaving Nassau Tuesdays at 1 PM.
CAPTAINS: not known
FATE: still operating, but since 2008 under the new name “Sea Spirit II” – see http://mailboatsbahamas.blogspot.com/search?q=sea+spirit
OWNERS: Was Carib-USA, owned by, Captain Thomas Hanna, Nassau Bahamas. Used to be the sister-ship to the ill-fated United Star. It would appear from a Nassau Tribune article from Feb. 7, 2011, page 7B, that Mr. Hanna was chased by a number of creditors and removed his vessel from the Bahamas Maritime Authority Registry in December 2007 and changed ownership from Carib-USA to Ro-Ro Company Ltd. Despite all this the vessel’s trading seems to have been uninterrupted.
Source: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00084249/03146/23x?vo=21