Solve the Ship & Rope Problem: Find Time for Rope to be Wet

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The discussion revolves around a mathematical problem involving a boat and a rope. The boat's height is 15 meters, and the rope hangs at a distance from sea level that is half of a third of the boat's height, which calculates to 2.5 meters. As sea level rises at a constant rate of 1.75 cm/s, the boat will also rise with the water, keeping the rope above sea level. Therefore, the rope will never get wet due to the rising sea level, as it will always remain 2.5 meters above the waterline. The conclusion is that the rope will not touch the sea level, regardless of the rising sea level.
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So this one should be simple to solve with some maths.

There is a boat of height 15 metres (measured from sea-level) and there is a rope hanging from its deck so that the distance from the sea-level is half the third of the boat's height.

It is given that the sea-level is rising at the constant rate of 1.75 cm/s. After how much time will the rope be wet?
 
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As soon as it starts raining.
 
As sea level will rise, ship will also go up. The rope tied to deck will also go up and will not touch sea level.
 

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