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Author Topic:   About that Boat - Noah's Ark
nos482
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Message 4 of 296 (17901)
09-20-2002 3:51 PM
Reply to: Message 2 by John
09-20-2002 2:50 PM


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Originally posted by John:
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Originally posted by Mespo:
So, how do you build a boat to those dimensions when no wooden boat before or since has come close to that size?
I hate to side with the bad guys but it looks like the Chinese were able to build some cargo ships which at least approached the size of the ark. Historical records record a length of over 400 feet, and one bit of reverse engineering suggests over 500.
NOVA Online | Sultan's Lost Treasure | Ancient Chinese Explorers
No webpage found at provided URL: http://www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html
Another source, though I have some doubts, suggests 180 meters which is nearly 590 feet.
No webpage found at provided URL: http://scalemodel.net/Chineseship.htm

There is even some evidence that they may have beaten Columbus to the New World by maybe a thousand years.

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nos482
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Message 9 of 296 (17907)
09-20-2002 7:19 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by Mespo
09-20-2002 4:06 PM


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Originally posted by Mespo:
Well, I'm getting closer.
Here's Great Republic
She was 325 x 53 x 40 and was cross-braced with iron.
Still have to find something build completely out of wood, bracing and all.
Pity about the Chinese and the New World, nos482. We could have had Chinese take-out several hundred years earlier. But then what would the Colonial Boston rebels have dumped into Boston harbor?
(:raig

The world would have been a much different place if the Chinese hadn't turned in on themselves. Well, they still could have dumped tea.

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