How right you are!
The sailing in Wind Waker is SOO BORING.
It gets fun in the first couple of minutes but after...
ITS A NIGHTMARE
There should haved been a turbo wind or a magic wave that makes the boat go 300% faster or a diferent boat or somethin in middle of game like maybe after link gets the 3 stones or something!
At least you have the diferent teleports with the tornados at few stops at the map but still makes boring! I used to let the boat navigate and get something to eat or to read while it gets going until destination lol!