Wyatt Museum - The Forum

[Murry R]

I sure many people have wondered just exactly what the purpose of the keel and keelsons was. Several years ago another individual visited our museum, and said that they are starting to put a keel under the bottom and two keelsons on multi-million dollar sailing vessels. He said that they are finding it acts as a reverse thruster, when the boat tries to ride up the side of the wave, the keelson pushes it back down in the trough of the wave, so it is a much smoother ride.

[Lysimachus]

God certainly knew what he was doing when he instructed Noah to build the Ark.

God is certainly a very scientific God, wouldn't you say?


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[steve]

I have been busy working and have some "slow" time to work on my hobby. That is the Boat of Noah.. I have begun my scaled model based on the evidence at Ron Wyatts site with the data from Dave Fasold and discussions with David Deal. These are my ideas based on facts and information already present.

I noted the 120x40 foot area seems to be related to the length of number 7 and 8 bulkheads about 120 feet in length. The keels and keelsons appear to be related to the width of the moonpool and may even be related to the placement of the uppper keelsons on the left and right. It is important to note the bottom of the boat is likely missing completely and the bulkhead areas are ones in the midship area, well above the lowest on the boat.

I plan to use basswood planks and 1/4, 1/8 1/16 thick craftwood for a scale as close to possible. The boat should be about 36-39 inches long. I will use round reed, pins and metal wire along with regular wood glue to hold it together. Then I will experiment with natural tar pitch to find a balanced cover. I expect to heat it and mix with lime or other materials to see which hardens and seals the best. I think dental floss would be ok for rope an small stones for anchors.

Experimenting with model making from a forensic approach is intriguing to me. Like building a face from just a skull. You begin with known data and build on it. There were several theorys on materials and wood was obvious. Metal was possible and metal was part of the evidence. Reed was not clear but historical notes indicate reed was possible and reed boats do go back to that period of history in several cultures.

I have begun to build this starting from the keel/keelsons and moonpool. I hope add on from there. I do not expect this be a model for floating, rather a model of 3 sections that can be assembled. Bow and front, center and stern. I would like to have sections for water, oil, animals, food and living accesories, living quarters and other areas.

[MrMarty51]