MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Mia Desa or M/V Miz Desa
PAST NAMES: not known
DIMENSIONS: not known
CONSTRUCTION: not known
YEAR BUILT: before 1973
BUILDER: not known
EARLY CAREER: not known
BAHAMAS CAREER: served as a mailboat from Nassau to Abaco ports of Marsh Harbour,
Treasure Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Hope Town
CAPTAINS: not known
OWNERS: not known
http://bahamasforvisitors.com/information/bahamas-mailboat-schedules.html
Adventure Guide to the Bahamas, 3rd Edition 2003, by Blair Howard, page 147, “Mia Desa leaves Potter’s Cay, Nassau, for Marsh Harbour, Treasure Cay, Green Turtle Cay and Hope Town on Tuesday at 8 pm, returning on Thursday at 7 pm. Sailing time is 12 hours. The fare, one-way, is $45.”
http://inis.jinr.ru/sl/P_Physics/PGp_Geophysics/Travel%20guides/Howard%20B.%20Adventure%20Guide%20to%20the%20Bahamas%20%28Hunter,2003%29%28ISBN%201588433188%29%28393s%29.pdf
With the below quote it is worth noting that the Champion II’s was built in 1986/1987 and its’ heyday was in the 1990s. http://www.bahamasbeachfrontvilla.com/Abaco-TreasureCay-Bahamas.html, in which it is written: “Mailboats: Mia Desa and Champion II $60 one way.”