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The Landing School Facilities

The Landing School, located in rural Arundel, Maine, is a spacious, contemporary building in a residential area of the small town. The facility covers more than 50,000 square feet and includes a boatbuilding shop, design studio, systems laboratory, composites shop, classrooms, library, student lounge and administrative offices.

The administrative building.                                                      The library.                                                                               A student lounge.

The boatbuilding shops—for the Wooden Boat Building and Composite Boat Building programs—are true work environments, similar to any other small, modern boatbuilding facility. They are fully equipped with commercial-grade power and hand tools, and well-stocked with high-quality wood and composite construction materials. The shops include areas for planning, wood-steaming, vacuum-bagging, lofting and wood storage.

A classroom.                                                                            The Lastavica Boat Shop.                                                        The Composite Boat Building shop.

The Marine Systems laboratory provides dedicated space for classroom and laboratory instruction. The lab contains 24 workstations equipped with AC and DC electric power, compressed air and water supplies. In addition to its lecture and demonstration area, the lab is equipped with lifts and industrial-grade tools used to teach system assembly and installation.

The Marine Systems lab.                                                          The Yacht Design studio.                                                         The Continuing Education classroom.

The Yacht Design studio on the second floor of the boatbuilding shop contains a spacious work studio and separate lecture hall. It is equipped with networked computer workstations, plotters, reference archives and a drafting table for each student.

The students at The Landing School also have access to two lounges and a library that contains hundreds of technical and consumer marine books, plus trade magazines and journals. Students are encouraged to make full use of all the facilities offered as part of their marine education.

Location

“The Landing” is a short stretch of the Kennebunk River where The School is located. It was once an internationally famous shipbuilding area and the home of more than 20 shipbuilding firms between 1766 and 1867. As the poor economical effects of the Great Depression descended over the country in the early 20th century, the shipbuilding business throughout Maine began to dwindle. In 1942, The Landing hosted its last official launching of a commercial vessel, a police cruiser. Three and a half decades later, the first class of students at The Landing School launched a Chamberlain dory-skiff in December 1978, and the boatbuilding trade along The Landing was revived.

For more information about the greater Arundel region, visit the Chamber of Commerce.

Directions

The Landing School
286 River Road
Arundel, Maine 04046

From Interstate 95, get off via Exit 25 (Kennebunk). After the toll booth, bear left onto Route 35 toward Kennebunk. After passing the local high school, continue straight on Route 35 through the traffic circle. At the next traffic light, turn left, and then bear right at the next light, continuing on Route 35. A couple more miles down the road is The Landing Store on the right, and immediately past it is Durrells Bridge Road on the left; take that left and follow Durrells Bridge Road to the end (less than a half-mile) where it intersects River Road. The Landing School is immediately to the right of the intersection.