House vs Boat : rant or discussion?

Are houses less expensive than boats?  I don't know the answer and neither do you.  Sailing friend, Tim on Slick, went from Boston to Marmaris Turkey and then found out he needs to replace a lot of fiberglass lamination of the boat bottom.  Norm on Main Street finds he needs to remove a few trees that are threatening the house.  Tim also needs a new diesel.  Norm needs hardscaping  (that's rocks and bricks not shrubs and flowers) for Elizabeth's garden.  About the same cost.

Remove trees or buy anew mainsail, or refinish boat bottom or winter storage.  On the plus side, we have red breasted nuthatches in the shrubs.  They are cute and amusing.  No complaints.