It weighs 3000 tons, is 450 feet long and holds 1500 passengers. The ship is massive and was built by the exact standard of cubits, as per the Bible. He began the project in 2008 and the project cost him about $1 million Dollars. They're Going Nuts In The Netherlands Over Lockdown Curfews ĭutchman Johan Huibers decided, after a dream where everything flooded, that he too should build an ark, and now it’s just about ready to set sail.
Huibers originally built a half-size replica that was 230 feet long and 33 feet wide to conform to the ordinances for vessel sizes in the Netherlands’ canals. Why would it have been any different during Noah’s construction of the original ark? Surely the carpentry project of the “preacher of righteousness” drew the attention of curious onlookers. The ark attracted inquisitive sightseers even during its construction. It took Huibers and his crew of seven amateur carpenters four years to build the ark, proving that the work could have been done by Noah and his sons just as described in the Bible without outside help. It only makes sense to take it to God’s land.” Why sail the ark to Israel? Because it “is a copy of God’s ship. He had originally planned to sail after construction was completed in 2012 but circumstances beyond his control temporarily prevented him from making the journey. Similar to Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter in Kentucky, Huibers’ ark was built to sail and is, in fact, on the water in the south of the Netherlands.ĬBN News reported that Huibers plans to complete his vision is not only building the ark as an attraction and a tool for teaching the Word of God but also of sailing it to Israel. The 2,500-ton vessel measures 410 feet long, 95 feet wide, and 75 feet tall and contains five decks. The $5 million ship was built to the specifications outlined in Genesis chapter six. KRIMPEN AAN DE IJSSEL, Netherlands – Dutch businessman, Johan Huibers, completed construction of a full-size replica of Noah’s Ark in 2012.