There is a link between the boat of Genesis and the boat of Jonah.
When God called Jonah (Shem) to preach to Nineveh (Ham), Jonah fled to Tarshish (Japheth).
Javen, son of Japheth:
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
Genesis 10:4 (NIV)
This is Nimrod, son of Cush, son of Ham:
From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
Genesis 10:11 (NIV)
God has set Himself against the curse from the beginning.