WOODEN BOAT BUILDING

Students who select the Wooden Boat Building program receive instruction through formal lectures, field trips, and hands-on projects. The class is divided into crews, and each crew is responsible for building a boat under the supervision of an instructor. From lofting to planking, fairing to finish work, outfitting to sea trials -- Wooden Boat Building students are responsible for all aspects of construction, with a focus on quality and efficiency.

Instructors of The Landing School’s Wooden Boat Building program select the designs for the project boats based upon the depth of information and the skills that students can gain from their construction. Typical projects have included lapstrake plank construction, carvel plank construction, strip plank construction, and cold molded veneer construction. The size and type of boats (sail or power) will vary.

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Study subjects include:

Joinery & Refitting
Modern Boat Building Techniques

Rigging
Professional Shop Practices
Proper Training in Modern & Traditional Tools
Traditional Boat Building Techniques: Lapstrake Planking

CLASSROOM SIZE

The maximum number of students enrolled at one time in the Wooden Boat Building program is 18.

WOODEN BOAT BUILDING CURRICULUM

The following courses are taught through lecture and lab work as part of the Wooden Boat Building program:

WBB 112 Woodworking I

WBB 122 Wooden Boat Lofting & Set-Up (GA)

WBB 132 Wood Boat Construction I

WBB 212 Woodworking II

WBB 222 Wood Boat Construction II

WBB 242 Applying Finish in Wood Boat Construction

WBB 252 Outfitting a Wooden Boat

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Additional occupations include:

Boat Crewing
Boat Restoration
Cabinet & Furniture Construction
Interior/Exterior/Finish Boat Building
Musical Instrument Design
Teaching
Technical/Lumber Sales
Writing

career options for wooden boat graduates

The Wooden Boat Building curriculum has been designed to prepare graduates for a range of entry level employment in building, repairing, or restoring traditional or modern vessels of any size. Alternatively, some graduates of the program have successfully landed positions in cabinet making, furniture construction, custom finish carpentry, and other high quality woodworking careers.

For more information, please call 207-985-7976 or fill out a contact form.

 
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WOODEN
BOAT
BUILDING
Students learn a combination of traditional and modern wooden boatbuilding techniques while building a wooden boat from start to finish.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Subjects include:
  • Professional Shop Practices
  • Traditional Boat Building Techniques
  • Training in Modern and Traditional Tools
  • Joinery and Refitting
  • Modern Boat Building Techniques