Was the Ark a Ship or a Boat?

by Ken Ham on October 31, 2026
Featured in Ken Ham Blog

I text my good friend, evangelist Ray Comfort, every day, and he tries his best to stir me up by calling the Ark a “boat.”

I tell him it’s a ship, and so we have this ongoing back-and-forth—sometimes he sends me a text that just says, “boat, boat, boat, boat, boat,” to annoy me. It’s all part of the rivalry between an Australian and a New Zealander.

Well, Ray’s son-in-law, E. Z. Zwayne, had AI provide a picture to illustrate this ongoing battle:

Ken Ham saying “It’s a ship” with Ray Comfort in a headlock

It’s worth noting—to Ray, anyway—that the vast majority of the comments when I posted this AI image and story on Facebook agreed with me (the rest said it’s neither a ship nor a boat, it’s an Ark—almost no one said “boat”!).

Well, Ray and I had some more fun with this—along with other more serious topics—in a video we did recently to discuss Ray’s new book Compelled: My Story, the remarkable true-life story of how Ray was utterly transformed by the gospel and became devoted to sharing the good news of the gospel with everyone who will listen.

This was a fun and encouraging interview. You can watch it here:

And I encourage you to preorder a copy of Compelled to read the full story. It’s a wonderful testimony to the life-changing power of the gospel and a challenge to live fully for Christ and do all you can to reach others with the gospel message. It’s available on its own or as part of our “ministry memoirs” pack, which includes my book,Miraculous!, the story of AiG, the Creation Museum, and the Ark Encounter, my wife’s new book Home Fires, and Ray’s Compelled.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.

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