2007-07-12 21:37:35 · 4 answers · asked by motoinhardcore385 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
It was up to the water line.
2007-07-13 13:41:40 · answer #1 · answered by Bomba 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably no more than a foot or so. The Ark was most likely a reed raft carrying a man and his family with a few livestock in floodwater by the Tigris or Euphrates river, or their combined deltas for a few days until the water went down. Take a look at the map of Iraq and think how big a combined flood in both rivers must have looked to a peasant four or five thousand years ago. The country between the rivers (Mesopotamia) is flat.
2007-07-13 05:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ark has a light ship draft of about 7'- 8 1/2".
http://www.asknoah.org/HTML/arkdesign.html
This second link, I hope I understand what this say.
Going with the smaller cubit measurement, the displacement tonnage of the ark, which is the weight of water it would displace at a draft of 15 cubits.
http://www.ucgstp.org/lit/gn/gn047/noahsark.htm
A cubic is about 18 inches, so, the second link would have a draft of about 22.5 feet. If, my math is correct.
So, with these two, references there is a big difference. My brother's boat is about 75 tons (If, he really knows) and 70 feet long, it has a 5.5 foot draft +/-.
2007-07-13 10:21:18 · answer #3 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about "Noah's Ark" then it really doesnt matter what her draft was. We dont have any detailed drawings of the vessel, but if the entire planet was covered with water above the highest mountain.... chances of running aground are pretty slim.
2007-07-13 08:40:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋