![Schooner BRILLIANT sailing to a best-in-class finish at the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta in 2019. (Photo by Maggie White)](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BRILLIANT-AT-ERR-MWHITE-PHOTO-e1565015759312-225x300.jpg)
BRILLIANT wins at Eggemoggin
There are two things we can say about our schooner BRILLIANT: the boat is fast and the boat is beautiful.
!["Conversations with Turner: The Watercolors," edited by Nicholas R. Bell](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoverFront-300x259.jpg)
Turner Book Pre-Sale
Mystic Seaport Museum is proud to announce it is accepting pre-sale orders for its new book, “Conversations with Turner: The Watercolors,” published jointly with Skira.
![Dark Harbor 20s racing off Islesboro, ME. Photo Credit: Antelo Devereux, Jr.](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/MAINE16-8-20-056-300x200.jpg)
Museum Honors Dark Harbor 20 Owners with Baker Award
The owners are being recognized for their effort to preserve and maintain a significant class of American sailing craft.
![Photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz. (Photo courtesy Benjamin Mendlowitz/NOAH Publications)](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Mendlowitz2-300x217.jpg)
Mendlowitz Receives William P. Stephens Award
Mystic Seaport is pleased to announce it has honored maritime photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz with the William P. Stephens Award.
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The Cover Comes Off
After nearly 3 years hidden under a large tent in the Shipyard, crews this week disassembled the structure that has sheltered MAYFLOWER II during its restoration.
New Features for Whalinghistory.org
A series of new databases and search capabilities has been added to the website, which is a Joint project with the New Bedford Whaling Museum.