MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Ego
PAST NAMES: none known
DIMENSIONS: 52′ long, 14.8′ wide, 6′ deep, 34 gross tons, 105 bhp engine,
CONSTRUCTION: wood
YEAR BUILT: 1943
BUILDER: Abaco, not known which island or yard
EARLY CAREER: always traded in the Bahamas, though whether first owned in Abaco not known
BAHAMAS CAREER: served The Current from Nassau, hauling produce from Eleuthera. It is noteworthy that her owner, Sir Roland Symonette, was originally from The Current.
CAPTAINS: not known
OWNERS: Symonette Shipyards Limited, Hog Island / Nassau
FATE: not known, but she is said by the son of Sir Roland Symonette to have traded to Current for many years, meaning she must have run till the 1960s or 1970s. In fact on August 29, 1975 in a just-released telegram via WikiLeaks, the Ego was listed as an active mailboat in the Bahamas.
Source: https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975NASSAU01435_b.html, also email from Craig Symonette 5 May, 2015