Nephi did not get to enjoy the luxury of life on the beach very long. He was told to go into the high mountain nearby. Imagine his surprise to be shown a vision of a ship which he was told to construct. It was not like any ship he had ever seen but the Lord said it was necessary to carry their entire congregation across the great waters to the promised land.
One would have expected Nephi to say the task was impossible because he had no tools, but that isn't what he said. He said he had no ore! It turned out the Lehi's family were metallurgists and if they had ore they could make tools.