Brilliant is a schooner located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.. Brilliant was built in 1932 on City Island, Bronx, by Henry B. Nevins Yard to a design by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens. Brilliant was built as an ocean racing yacht, and on her maiden voyage crossed the Atlantic Ocean in record time for a sailing yacht of her size. During World War II, the schooner was acquired by the U.S. Coast Guard and used to patrol the New England coast for enemy submarines. Brilliant was donated to Mystic Seaport in 1957. Mystic Seaport now uses her as an offshore classroom and features her as part of their collection of watercraft.Mystic Seaport or Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut is the largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of the crafts and fabric of an entire 19th-century seafaring village.—mysticseaport.org and Wikipedia
Annual WoodenBoat Show held at Mystic Seaport is a festival, which is hosted in partnership with WoodenBoat Publications, celebrating the design and craftsmanship of wooden craft. The three-day show offers wooden boat enthusiasts and marine history buffs wooden boats of every type—large and small, old and new, power, sail, oar and paddle on display. Including cruising yachts, launches, runabouts, fishing boats, performance powerboats, daysailers, dinghies, rowboats, canoes, performance shells, multi-hulls and racing boats. Mystic Seaport or Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut is the largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of the crafts and fabric of an entire 19th-century seafaring village.—mysticseaport.org and Wikipedia
The Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Connecticut on tracks of the Connecticut Valley Railroad originally founded in 1868. It is best known for operating the Essex Steam Train and the Essex Clipper Dinner Train. The Essex Clipper Dinner Train is a 2.5-hour train ride that departs Essex Depot and offers scenic views of the Connecticut River along the way. On special weekends, the Friends of the Valley Railroad’s (FVRR) caboose is coupled to the train. The caboose, or cabin car as the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) referred to it, is owned by the non-profit Friends of the Valley Railroad and was named in honor of Ralph H. Gibson, a longtime member of the FVRR and, for many years, a conductor on the Valley Railroad. This particular car was originally built for the PRR, passed on to Penn-Central and subsequently to Conrail. Upon its retirement, Mr. and Mrs. William Stoddard of Palmer purchased MA it. and was donated to the FVRR.—Wikipedia and essexsteamtrain.com
