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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:53 AM Aug 2016

Dutch dreamer hopes to bring Noah's Ark replica to Americas

Johan Huibers’ impressive boat, built at a cost of nearly $4 million, is currently moored in Dordrecht, some 60 miles south of Amsterdam. A popular tourist attraction drawing as many as 3,000 visitors a day, the ark is an interactive museum and event center. Hauling it across the ocean in time to reach an international audience would cost an estimated $1.5 million, according to a California nonprofit recently established to help Huibers realize his latest dream.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/01/dutch-dreamer-hopes-to-bring-noahs-ark-replica-to-americas.html

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Dutch dreamer hopes to bring Noah's Ark replica to Americas (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 OP

It's not off to a good start Egnever Aug 2016 #1

FWIW, that's a slightly smaller version he built a few years ago muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #9

What a waste of money. nt Rex Aug 2016 #2

There's more than one of those...? Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #3

Plenty of religious nutters SoCalNative Aug 2016 #4

Amazing, isn't it? Warpy Aug 2016 #5

Take it across the ocean by barge??? Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #6

Do we need two of them? forgotmylogin Aug 2016 #7

This article is from May oberliner Aug 2016 #8

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

1. It's not off to a good start

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:56 AM

Aug 2016

muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)

9. FWIW, that's a slightly smaller version he built a few years ago

Reply to Egnever (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 06:11 AM

Aug 2016

(OSLO, Norway) -- A floating museum based on the biblical story of Noah and the flood was damaged in a collision with a moored Norwegian Coast Guard patrol vessel in the Oslo harbor.

The Noah's Ark-themed barge arrived in Oslo May 9 after a 12-hour trip from Larvik, according to the museum's Facebook page, and was next scheduled to anchor in Sandefjord, Norway.

The 230-foot-long replica was originally built by Dutch businessman Johan Huibers after he dreamed of a great storm flooding his home province in the Netherlands, according to his biography.

Huibers sold the vessel to Aad Peters, a Dutch artist, in 2010, according to the Ark of Noah Foundation. Huibers went on to build a second, larger Noah's Ark-theme vessel, which he plans to take on a voyage (by barge) to Brazil this summer.

http://wbt.com/noahs-ark-survives-collision-with-norwegian-coast-guard-vessel/

Rex

(65,616 posts)

2. What a waste of money. nt

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Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:07 AM

Aug 2016

Wounded Bear

(58,706 posts)

3. There's more than one of those...?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:07 AM

Aug 2016

I guess it's nice to know not all the crazies are here in the states.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

4. Plenty of religious nutters

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:54 AM

Aug 2016

in the Netherlands, in the south of the country. It's their very own bible belt.

Warpy

(111,339 posts)

5. Amazing, isn't it?

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:57 AM

Aug 2016

Ken Ham must be shitting himself, competition that actually floats!

Whether or not it makes it across the Atlantic is another matter, under tow or not. It doesn't look particularly seaworthy.