Latest news…

Aug. 1 update:
The second layer of 9 barges is put on top of the bottom layer excisting of 23 barges! It took three days to get the barges in the right place. It took about 1,5 hours for each barge. Only one small business with a ship with pulleys offered to take the risk to pull the 82 ton barges above the water and turn them over before putting them in place on top of the bottom layer. Steel pulleys that weigh 90 Kg per meter were used for the job. Good weather helped to make this a succesful project, and soon the first wood will appear on the real size Ark of Noah- to be…

The barge is being lifted above the water.

Just above the water the strong cabels are connected to the barge so it can be turned over.

The barge upside down.

The barge put in place.

Sept. 5 update:
The welding and cutting continues and an exciting moment was when the “gate” became visible! When the last “wall” was cut through one could see all the way through the barges and it gives an idea of how big the Ark really is!
The barges on top of the lower ones are laid on top in a way that the top barge coveres two half barges of the row below. It’s kind of like a honeycomb way. It’s the plan to make it possible to look down into the lowest row of barges from the second layer so that people can see the storage rooms Noah built to store up food supplies at the bottom of the Ark. More news will follow soon!