I tend to lean towards more of a collector than a speed runner or any other type of gamer. Phantom Hourglass's feature with the treasures and MAINLY with the ship part.

There are 9 sets.

Standard, Artistic, Iron, Vintage, Demon, Tropical, Practical, Golden.

I'm trying to collect the artistic set.

How has your collection gone? Are you a collector?  What ship set are you working on collecting?

I did collect a little in my first playthrough, because I wanted to increase the stamina of my ship. But I couldn't stop forwarding the story -- it was just too much fun.

That said, I stopped just before the final boss on my second playthrough, and have been trying to find everything I can in the game. I discovered a new move for Link, called the Great Spin Attack. I won't tell you how to get it, because if you're a collector, then you'll likely want to go through the motions yourself. But rest assured, there are a ton of little things to find and have fun with in this game. Some of the sidequests will even bring on more mini-bosses.

P.S. -- Currently working on the ship set that has the flowers on them. 

I just found the gal with the boxes that lets you trade stuff with friends. I also just found the Demon ship body, which makes me very happy since that's the set I'd like to complete.

I also seem to have a lot of pieces for the, umm, the name of the set escapes me. I know the front of the ship has a giant bell on it.

Well I have all but the Bright Set, Demon Set, and Golden set complete.

I run through games but I'm at a dead halt on this one because of the ocean temple.  It's too repetitive and with ADHD I've become bored with the game already.  I just need the last sea chart but I can't bring myself to get it.