MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Captain Fox
PAST NAMES: not known
DIMENSIONS: not known
CONSTRUCTION: not known
YEAR BUILT: before 1998
BUILDER: not known
EARLY CAREER: not known
BAHAMAS CAREER: served as a mailboat from Nassau to Governors Harbour and Hatchet Bay Eleuthera late 1990s, leaving 1 PM on Thursdays, taking 6 hours and costing $30 each way.
CAPTAINS: not known
OWNERS: not known
FATE: not known, but by the late 2000s was no longer operating on this route
NOTES: was not listed in resources in 1975, 1989, etc. but was published as a mailboat serving Eleuthera in the 2nd Edition of “Lonely Planet Guides” to the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos, 2001, page 139.
Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=Uaa-mucwyHsC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=mailboat+%22Captain+Fox%22+Bahamas&source=bl&ots=Elf6xzxWSK&sig=4ivuHEv8WNCbizQuJvFywcKU4b0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CC9NVYSCM8iegwTTyoC4Dw&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mailboat%20%22Captain%20Fox%22%20Bahamas&f=false
On the official webpage for the Islands of the Bahamas (Bahamas Tourism) is the following:
“Captain Fox service from Nassau to Eleuthera
Settlements: Governor’s Harbour, Hatchet Bay
Departs Nassau: Friday
Departure time: 1pm
Return day/time: Tuesday 5pm
Frequency: Once a week
Sailing time: 6 hours
Cost per person: $30
Telephone: (242) 393-1064″
Settlements: Governor’s Harbour, Hatchet Bay
Departs Nassau: Friday
Departure time: 1pm
Return day/time: Tuesday 5pm
Frequency: Once a week
Sailing time: 6 hours
Cost per person: $30
Telephone: (242) 393-1064″
Source: http://www.bahamas.co.uk/the-islands/eleuthera-harbour-island/getting-here-and-around