Article: Boat-building school in Eastport, Maine, fishes for new students.

By Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 10--EASTPORT, Maine -- You don't have to know how to pound a nail to build a boat.

That is what the retooled Washington County Community College boat-building program will teach you.

The college is looking for interested students who want to be part of the Boat School.

After a year's hiatus, the boat-building program -- with a revamped curriculum and pledges of support from the marine industry -- is accepting applications for fall 2005.

Boat building has been part of Maine's economy since 1607, yet earlier this year, the college ...

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