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Maurício, a retired Brazilian sailor, lives aboard a Krauter catamaran named Morabó and describes the boat's layout, systems, and the lifestyle decision behind choosing retirement afloat.0:32 The Krauter is a Brazilian-built catamaran he chose partly for its lower cost relative to comparable foreign cats; he walks through the saloon with a convertible table-to-berth, a full-size shower, forward cabin ventilation, and a cockpit with a steering wheel set well aft of the main seating area.0:11 Navigation instruments include a GPS and a Sysfinder fishfinder, with a second depth sounder for redundancy.16:10 Water capacity runs across multiple tanks totaling roughly 360 liters.17:25 He is slowly sailing south down the Brazilian coast, having spent four years in Salvador; his planned route continues through the Varadouro, Florianópolis, and on to Porto Alegre and Rio Grande.18:21 He compares the Krauter favorably to the Trinidad 37 monohull he previously sailed.7:27 He discusses how modern tools — GPS, autopilot, online Capitão Amador courses — have lowered the barrier to liveaboard sailing versus the sextant-only era.9:07 His core argument: retirement aboard a boat trades material comfort for freedom of schedule and movement, and he has no intention of returning to land.23:40

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