Noah’s Ark Replica Faces Biblical Fines For Return Voyage To Holland!

The UK coastguard has “arrested” a 230-foot (70 meter) Noah’s Ark replica ship in Ipswich, England. Without the correct paperwork and “anti-fouling paint” to deem it seaworthy, the $3.6million (3-million-Euro) vessel is going nowhere, fast.

Noah’s Ark was the vessel in the Genesis flood narrative through which God spared Noah, his family, and two of each of the world’s animals from a world-threatening flood.

Now, “Aad Peters Ark” has been impounded by the UK coastguard and cannot sail from England because it does not have the “proper” paperwork. Sounds bizarre doesn’t it? But the story of this enormous floating museum, full of sculptures of biblical characters, that was detained after being towed across North Sea, is in some ways as bizarre as the original story.

The Dutch Noah’s Ark replica view from the stern. (Erik Zachte / CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Dutch Noah’s Ark Replica: A Floating Biblical Museum

Every crazy story has a central character, generally with more than a flash of color, and in this case it is Sir Aad Peters, a Dutch TV producer. Sir Peters is “failing” in his quest to return his Noah’s Ark replica to the Netherlands. He has been unable to get a license because the ship lacks the correct paperwork.