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A Visit with Barry Acker, President of the Landing School

Barry Acker, President of the Landing School, states that the schools sole mission is to prepare students for jobs in the boating industry. Students come as graduates from high school and college; some enroll due to a desire to change careers. With 10 month programs in boatbuilding, design, and systems, their graduates are now employed all over the world. Barry believes that the school builds off of Maine's boatbuilding tradition, and then help spread that tradition all over the world.
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