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Jair and Bruna live aboard the Caboges, a 37-foot French-designed Bully de Soleil sailboat, after transitioning from a land-based life in Porto Alegre, Brazil.▶ 1:00 The steel-hulled vessel features a retractable keel that adjusts from 1.5 to 2.2 metres, allowing for versatile navigation in the Guaíba and Lagoa dos Patos regions.▶ 1:46 The boat carries 500 litres of water and 160 litres of diesel, though the owners typically supplement these capacities with additional jerry cans for longer passages.▶ 1:18 With three tons of lead ballast stored inside the hull rather than in the keel, the boat maintains a comfortable, stable motion in waves, though it is not a high-performance racer, averaging a cruising speed of approximately 4.5 knots.▶ 1:46 The couple moved onto the boat temporarily while waiting for a house purchase to finalise, but they remained aboard permanently after the construction project faced a two-year delay.▶ 6:22 Extensive structural repairs, including addressing corroded steel plating, have been required throughout their seven years of ownership.▶ 4:34

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