Spring? Posted by The Landing School on March 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment

What Spring? With yet another snowstorm in the forecast for tomorrow, we Mainers are getting a little stircrazy. We want to open the windows and put away the coats and most importantly get the boats in the water! But while we wait for old man winter to take his much needed nap, we’ll keep plugging away on building stuff.

This week the Composites students are finishing up with the molds for their kayaks. They should be ready to put these to use to build their boats next week. The Marine Systems students are moving on to their modules. These freestanding structures teach students about plumbing and wiring in a way that let’s everyone get in on the action, which can be tough to do with real boats and 30 students. They may look messy now but they’ll be wired, plumbed and looking tidy in no time. The Wooden Boat Building shops are very popular right now. There’s no thing like the smell of fresh cut wood. It’s like catnip to some! In the small boats option, students start with raw planks which will be used to build the mast of their boat. Next door in the cruising boats option, consoles, gutters and other pieces of the Flyfisher are coming together nicely.

Although we’re still weeks away from warmer weather, we’ll daydream about Spring and the day all these boats hit the water.