Bigger house or bigger boat?

[wazza]

Don't know your precise circumstances, but - the house will probably appreciate in value, the boat won't. Helping the daughter buy her house, won't do anything for you or your wife and anything you put into it could well be lost to you if she finds the wrong partner.

Appreciate that you'd enjoy a bigger boat and see no reason why your hard-earned cash should not be used as you want.
I had a similar situation and despite my wife's strongly-held opinions, she couldn't produce any objective reason why we shouldn't do as I wanted, so I went ahead.
I now spend six months a year on the boat (saving money compared to living in the UK) and she can join me, when she wants, and I spend the winter with her in the UK.

Is that not a lonely situation in the summer..?
I've thought about the whole situation that eventually I most probably will find myself in and I'm so divided but I KNOW I MUST sail away to warmer climates but would HATE to do it without a partner.!
Choices aren't easy.
Personally I'd sell the house a million times before our boat, but I know that's not the case for SWMBO.
Not a dilemma for me right now, or is it;-)