WOODEN BOATBUILDING
Students who select the Wooden Boatbuilding 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 Boatbuilding students are responsible for all aspects of construction, with a focus on quality and efficiency.
Our Wooden Boatbuilding Program has been captured this year orchestrating the “boat flip” and completed the year with “Sea Trials” for their boats they built.
Instructors of The Landing School’s Wooden BoatBuilding 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.
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 Boatbuilding program is 18.
WOODEN BOAT BUILDING CURRICULUM
The following courses are taught through lecture and lab work as part of the Wooden Boatbuilding 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
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 Boatbuilding 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.
