I'm totally stuck in wildwoods!!! I've gotten the harp and now i want t…

I'm totally stuck in wildwoods!!! I've gotten the harp and now i want to go back to the academy so i can graduate but I can't go back to the way i came from... I've managed to get out towards Lands End region but there is no boat. How the heck do i get out? How do i go back to the academy? Is the games supposed to be this way?
any help would be great!!!