I'd highly recommend it. One big deal for me when I was first learning is that I got focused on optimally trimming the boat but deciding where you want to go is a big (maybe even bigger) deal. It was kind of a deeper life lesson for me.

Also spent a year living on the boat I eventually bought which let me save up enough to buy some land. Now I have a ton of footage of diy projects I might put on YouTube eventually too. Overall it's actually worked out as a better hobby than digital electronics in terms of value I've gotten out of it (both entertainment wise and monetary.)