I bought my first boat last year - a 1935 Johnson & Jago 4 Tonner. I had grave doubts about the sanity of buying such an aged vessel as my first experience of boat ownership, but with sage advise, some form here (thanks Mirelle), I took the plunge and hoped not to live to regret it.

Other than a short delivery trip, I have yet to sail her as she has been ashore for the Winter, but I have already thoroughly enjoyed myself completing and inevitably adding to, the list of jobs to be done. I have really suprised myslef as I am actually enjoying the "doing" instead of just enjoying the "completing" which I normally find with DIY jobs around the house.

Will this flush of enthusiasm be short lived I wonder? Are the more experienced Classic Forumites reading this and identifying with my pleasure as a passed or still present sentiment? Or have I discovered a very deep and troubling flaw in my character in that I am obtaining such satisfaction from simple and monotonous tasks as sanding and varnishing?