Abshalom
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All Wooden Ark?
While we are extending this thread ad infinum, could someone with shipbuilding knowledge please inform us of the physical possibilities of constructing an all wooden vessel 450 feet long (and to the other applicable dimensions) that could float without cracking in half.
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Abshalom
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Message 161 of 165 (72328)
12-11-2003 4:16 PM
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Reply to: Message 160 by zephyr
12-11-2003 12:27 PM
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Re: All Wooden Ark?
Thank you, Zeph, and sorry for unravelling this thread unnecessarily. BTW, I understand that until it was learned how to reinforce the keels and hulls with iron, a wooden vessel 450 feet long could not withstand the natural forces applied by the sea without cracking in half. Of course, I also understand that the physical properties of "gopherwood" remain a mystery.
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