Hey everyone - Thanks for the advice.
I'm oddly intimidated by starting new boat projects, but I can usually figure them out as I go along. I think I'm going to bite this off in the spring.
My first land based plumbing project was replacing ALL of the galvanized pipes in my first house with copper. Literally a friend showed me how to sweat copper on Saturday and on Monday I started cutting the pipes out. I only had to knock down ONE beautiful 70 year old plaster wall (I think your first house should always be a small one).
BTW my wife made me promise it would be done by Easter, and it was . . . I caught her on a technicality, she didn't specify what year!