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can't work number of smaller boats being built but attention drawn to very large red boat looking exactly like Noah's ark - deep sides, plank built this boat being. financed by group of haijis, one of which we met, to tune of 146.5 million rupiah a. 30 million for hull b. 16 million for motor c. 500,000 to pay 1,000 people to drag the boat into the waters 1000 people can only drag the boat a meter a day (Rudy has seen & says use ropes + banana three rollers met the of the ark's work crew, Haji Maskud - says she learned how to make bigger boats in Bali - skill + experience they have been working on the ark for 8 months + looks like still several months away from completion same crew can build a smaller boat in 2 weeks all materials supplied by person or persons who order a boat the ark when will finished will hold 150 tons of sale below as balast and 200 sapi on deck machine will come from luna - baya TB. boatbuilders only began making machine-powered 6 years ago (1974) - before that made large sailing ships - complained that they need a dock; to load cows must first launch the boat and then take the cows out in smaller boats.