Having owned a large wooden boat in my checkered past I can say that unless you are a skilled carpenter who is used to working with curves (most aren''t) and have a boatyard with ready access to tools and have time and money to burn and are ready to postpone learning to sail until the refit is complete. Then go ahead. Wooden boats are wonderful. But remember you are staking your life on it. (A leg falls off a chair - you go bump but if you spring a plank you go glub.) There are many books - check amazon.com thare are wooden boatbuilding workshops in Maine and elsewhere.
In my opinion it is best to learn to sail on something small for me it was a
dinghy then move up slowly.
If this is your thing - go for it, but don''t let romance force you down a path that will be costly and involve more hard work than you have bargained for.
There are real bargains - in terms of initial purchase price/ size of boat but in the end you will probably not save money.
Todd