Fixed one problem, caused another

Lying in bed last night I realized my wiring problem. I had been attaching the bow end of the side planks to the stern end of the bottom plank. This was such a silly mistake-that should've been the first thing to have checked. So today I took the wires out, and flipped everything around. I had attached one wire on one side, and got one all the way thorugh the other side. It was looking good..boat-like....until the wood split and the wire tore through the side. I'm not sure what to do about this.