Baame! More food for thought. Never would've dreamed. Thanks, SteveModel expo, you can find them on line, is a model building company. They sell supplies for ship model building.
Wood ship models can be built up laying planks on a frame.
They sell thin strips of wood in cherry, mahogany, beech, walnut, yellow poplar
And range from 1/ mm to 4mm about 1/4 “ thick, and 2-10mm 1/2” wide
They also sell a vinyl glue that’s water proof
You could build up a channel pretty quick