I think it's safe to assume that Noah had knowledge of proper boat construction. .
Noah himself had all the shipwright knowhow?..how do you draw such conclusion?
If So, God would not have to provide the plans, Just tell Noah what he needs to transport
and Noah would be able to work the size and shape out himself.
All we know is that God gave Noah size specifications and some other requirements. Whether he drew up a blueprint to follow, is speculation. It's a long trek from having basic knowledge of how a boat should be built and what shape it should take.....to being a naval architect. I made no such claim. I think it's reasonable to admit that people of the time who lived near water at some point in their life may have seen or used at least canoes. I also think it's reasonable to expect that they could know a rounded and faired hull wouldn't get slapped around like a flat bottom and flat side, and would be stronger as well. It ain't rocket science - for anyone who's been around various boats.
God gave Noah the task/project of constructing an Ark, but he may have hired people with the required
skills to complete the task...ie; Noah being overseer or project leader.
With Solomon building the temple, at least we are told he drafted forced labor out of all Israel.
and also used resident aliens in Israel which were listed on the census done by his father David.
Absolutely agreed. Again, we can't know, but it makes sense.
... it's also safe to assume that God would allow Noah to build a boat that would not be
a torturous ride in rough water. For those reasons, I believe the Ark would have resembled a boat more than a box..
Rock Chuck said God steered the Ark because it didn't have a rudder,
I gather God could also use his powers to steady a box hull ark in rough waters.
No way am I buying the long box Ark idea. Rudder or no, that thing is going to be torture, unless the water remains flat and calm. A cataclysmic flood lasting for months and changing the earth's climate and structure doesn't sound conducive to those conditions. Sure, God can do anything he desires, but we can get into a lot of pointless discussion about why he would need to have a boat at all if the boat has to be continuously steadied by his hand.
either way wild guesses and assumptions don't confirm anything about details that don't appear in scripture.
True. But if without evidence of otherwise, I'm going to assume that people of Noah's time weren't as ignorant as most people think. And I'm going to assume that God allows some logic to be applied.
