A German girl bought an old aluminum bilge keeler about 11 months ago. She has been been posting weekly, short Youtube documentaries about working on it pretty much non-stop with a lot of challenging maintenance, patience and perseverance. She is finally sailing away in the latest episode. If you want to feel better about your own boat maintenance issues it's worth watching some of the past videos. I'm sure there will be more about destinations in upcoming episodes.
Here is the latest post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STBOZTwsqdQ