The Oldest Boat Building School
in the United States
JUST GOT BETTER

The Boat School was founded in 1969 and is today Maine's most broad based and affordable school of professional boat building. Located in a large well equipped facility right on the water on Moose Island with its own docks and harbor The Boat School offers complete instruction in traditional wood construction, modern wood and epoxy construction, fiberglass and other composite construction methods and marine systems.

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Maine has been a center of fine boat building for centuries, yet today there is a shortage of qualified applicants for jobs in boat repair and construction facilities the full length of the Maine Coast. In addition Maine trained boat builders are highly sought after by boat building operations on the entire East Coast of the United States. Boat building, restoration, and repair pays well and is a highly respected skill with continuing demand for skilled workers higher than the supply. It is routine for boatbuilding firms to offer to hire every person that they can get their hands on from the graduating classes of this school.

Dean with studentsClasses are conducted in large well equipped shops, drafting rooms, and computer laboratories at the facility in Eastport, which also has an extensive marine library, and an excellent waterfront facility with a 60 ton Travelift and a large granite launching ramp. Students who bring their own boats will be able to take advantage of the last unspoiled protected cruising grounds in the United States, where they may see whales, eagles, seals, ospreys and just about any other kind of water or land animal native to the Northeast.

Through a combination of technical instruction and practical boat building experience, students acquire an understanding of the basic principles of marine drafting and marine systems as well as the skills needed to loft, build, and maintain wood and fiberglass boats.

Upon completion of the two year program graduates will be qualified for entering the job market in the following types of positions:
  • Assistant Marine Surveyor
  • Boat Builder (Wood and Composite)
  • Composites Technician
  • Fiberglass Boat Repairer
  • Job Estimator
  • Loftsman
  • Marina Worker
  • Marine Joiner
  • Mold Maker
  • Systems Installer
  • Travelift Operator
  • Wooden Boat Repairer
  • Yard Manager
  • Yard Service Manager

 

“This is a hands-on school for professional boatbuilders and mechanics. Graduates have gained a national reputation for excellence.” — David G. Brown, Boatbuilding with Baltek Durakore International Marine © 1995

 

“I believe the Marine technology Center has the tools to mold their students into valuable assets for the marine industry.” — Malcolm “MAC” Pettegrow, Malcom S. Pettegrow Custom Boats

 

“To my knowledge, no other resident school in the United States offers such a comprehensive course of study.” — Greg Rossell, Boatbuilder, Author and Teacher

 

"Maine's last deal on inexpensive marine education." — Dean Pike, Boat School Instructor