Excellent craftsmanship as usual, Orthanc! I'm not sure where to fit it into any of my scenarios/mods in the works, but I'll definitely try.
By the by, if you do decide to make some more wooden ships before moving on to other things, I cast my request upon the winds of unit-making fate, for a dromon. Not the tiny Firaxis dromon, a REAL fire-breathing dromon, with two masts -- ingame size comparable to aaglo's two-masted medieval galley, perhaps. Anyone with me?