Pete,

And the scoffers have it! Apart from the fact that it's taken dozens (maybe hundreds?) of people with all the modern high-tech tools, giant cranes etc years to construct, whereas Noah is supposed to have done it with 8 people in a much shorter time, it would never in a million years float.

While it may do very well as a large timber-frame dwelling on land, the minute you tried to put it into the water it'd fall to bits. The apology for a keel is far too lightweight and the boat would "hog" in the middle and break its back as soon as you tried to float it. I can't even see that it *has* a keelson.

In addition the framing is too light to stand up to the stress and movement it would undergo at sea....even if by some "miracle" the hogging didn't break its back, the frames would twist at the knees and the vessel would break up.

And from what I can see there's no camber or crown to the decking, so any water that came inboard would drain badly if at all.

Now I wonder why Mr Ham didn't build the thing to actually float? Hmmmm!