What a fabulous series of videos. Great people, great boats, and proper talk. None of that TV documentary fakery nonsense. Total joy to watch.

That's one of the loveliest boats on Earth. It's got a very useful wall down the centre to keep the girlfriend on her side and so ensure the longevity of the relationship. You can add the engine from a Dassault mk.1 Mirage to help win races...Cheerio!

Nice boat. Also nice to see the obvious pleasure the owner takes in talking about the build and sailing her.

Beautiful boat , thanks for sharing with us all. 👍🇬🇧

Great little big boat. And a very great conversation with the builder.

Thanks so much for gathering footage of yourself inside the cabin. For some reason this is something that most people neglect to do. But it's extremely important because potential buyers like myself absolutely need a sense of scale when considering the purchase of a particular sailboat because they want to know how much available space is down below. That being said, your boat is quite lovely. And thanks for sharing. Cheers!

What a lovely chap. And to have a go and make such a great job of the build. Inspirational stuff 🙌

Kudos to your wife for supporting your lovely build.

This gentleman really loves the boat. And looks happy talking about her. My great respect for such a great work.

Thanks a lot for posting this video.I´m in the process of building the same boat. So it is lovely to see a finished boat and happy captain.

"Go buy a house with a checklist of items and that makes your decision" .. ha ha, maybe 40 years ago. Now your decision is made for you by price low enough and not being out-bid by 10 other buyers. Awesome boat! Extremely impressive. Probably only a few people in the world can build their own sea-worthy boat, just as a weekend project. Outstanding!

Brian is awesome. So is his boat. Lovely. Bet she handles well.

Warms my heart to see a South African boat built to this quality. Dudley Dix, we miss you old man.

Thanks for sharing that lovely boat with us Mr. Johnson

Phenomenal workmanship. Well done!

Love it...grew up on the water in New England- commercial fishing boats in the family- but for the past few years been getting a hankering to get back into boating. Never did anything like this before- Intriguing. I will start on dinghy sail boating, and if this takes 3+ years. I can plan on 5, since I take longer than the average to build anything. My Ducati Super Sport 900 took me 2.5 years to build, and that I am very familiar with (motorcycle) so for me, I am figuring, while I learn the dinghy life, I can see what I might want down the road. Thanks for the inspiration.

Love his attitude and what a great accomplishment. Well done👏👏👏

A very roomy tiny boat. I ❤️ love the design.

Beautiful boat, excellent job, so positive thinking, nice conversation, calming voice, as he said, sleeping like baby.

Excellent and encouraging! I am currently building an 18-foot yawl (Francois Vivier’s design “Jewell”) and recognize so many things about what a first-time boat builder experiences. You tell your story brilliantly and I hope to have the same degree of satisfaction once I am sailing the coastal waters in the country where I settled. Thank you. Malaysia, 20 May 2020 Ronald van Dijk

Delightful chap. Stunning work!

Awesome movie thank you so much Brian

Large cockpit for that size, nice cabin... She's beautiful

Thank you. Beautiful little boat.

Fox's is the master designer equaled by this build...well done

English Blokes lending a hand reconnecting with their maritime heritage seems right. It is a beautiful sturdy boat. Building what you want new seems the way to go.

Great boat. I loved the coffee table

Nice achievement! Beautiful job! First I ever saw that design. Been sailing 40 years.

Great boat! While old boats are amazing, it's nice to see some new designs and modern building methods.

One of the best explanations of the pleasure of amateur boat building. Great job as well... Cheers !

What an inspiring story, what courage!

Never been on wee boat, but I love this. So down to earth and common, and I guess loads of family fun. Would love to experience. PS, in view of your comments, Chrysallis, comes to mind. Nice name

Hi Brian. An absolute stunning boat. Can imagine your passion. And thank you so much for the inspiring words on the building proces. I'll start to build a Pocketship next spring and it's a first built as well. Thinking over the proces during the week en practicing it in the weekend is exactly my way!

Bless :) His sweetie is "drop dead gorgeous" and his wife "quite likes racing".

Really enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

Love the teak. Beautiful boat.

I'm an amateur boat builder so I can identify with everything you say. At the risk of sounding pretentious, I will even go deeper. Because of mass production and extreme technology, everything is done for us (regular humans). We don't grow are own food, build are own houses, or even make anything at all that we use in life. Instead we do stupid jobs that we hate to get this symbolic item called money to pay for our things. Our off times are spent just distracting ourselves with whatever, drinks, drugs, internet, telivision or whatever. (Famous Quote by T.S. Eliot, distracted by distraction by distraction.) When you build a boat, you reconnect with a primal but forgotten aspect of being human; that is, using your hands,( and your mind) to build things. That is what hands are for! (duh). But not a stupid thing like modern art, but a real thing that actually does something in the real world. If its succesful, then you get that feeling of accomplishment, which can't be faked or bought. And then you get to be put in the water, in Nature, away from the Matrix, and you must navigate by your own wits and skills. I could go on, but you get the picture.

Wow stunning....An shows anything is possible if u put ur mind to it an don't stop til done!

Great boat, great bloke.

High Quality Workmanship

First boat build? Impressive. Thank you for sharing!

Lovely boat, she really is! Cheers!

Stunning sailboat!

Wonderful build Brian, she's a beautiful boat! Thanks for sharing your story.

You and your boat is fantastic. I have built the little dinghy by myself and I know well the feelings. Good luck!

Nice boat sir

fabulous. thanks for another wonderful video. :) It was inspiring to hear Brian speak so positively about everything to do with his boat.

Absolutely wonderful!!

aahhhh....sunday morning...another my classic boat pops up....yay!!!

What an Awesome Build!

My wife is beginning to curse that doggie with all the My Classic Boat videos I've been binging! Takes her unawares each onset. Good onya!

Beautiful and very inspiring. Well done!

Total life's blessing to build, own, sail, and love the boat your in.... She's a beauty mate. Cheers.

Very nice. Well done!!!

That barking gave me a heart attack 😂😂

Another delightful video and another fabulous boat and builder! Thanks!

She is category C rated I believe so good for up to force 6 and waves to 2 metres (6 ft). I have sailed in both and she is quite happy 😊 . So good for coastal sailing, not just lakes. Certainly not blue water though!

This video was so enjoyable it made my evening. Talented builder and great boat and family. Kudos!

That boat looks very nice, it seems to give an enjoyable sail and enough accomodations for a weekender boat camping family. I like the video format of this channel. Great work.

Stunning boat.

What a nice man. So life-affirming

what a good woman will manage to put up with.. Clearly a proud man looking back on his project .

I’m saílor too in South of Brazil! Congratulations By “JAYJAY”, your beautifull boat! Nice vídeo Sir! Cap. Aero Louzada

Incredibly spacious, very nice.

Amazing boat, just the perfect size. Love it😉

Lovely build

Interesting family of boats. There is a 19 ft version called the Cape Cutter 19 made in GRP. Dudley Dix can sell you plans for a plywood Cape Cutter 19 and has just required the right to supply plywood Cape Cutter 19 kits. The manufacturer of the GRP Cape Cutter 19 has acquired the right to manufacture a GRP Cape Henry 21. The ply CH21 can also be built with bilge keels and Dudley Dix has plans to introduce a bilge keel option for the ply CC19. There are even 25 ft and 30 ft+ versions of this boat.

Thoroughly enjoyable and what a gorgeous sleek boat. I'd be tempted to built one but space limits me to a Pocketship. Very well done

Super beautiful boat

nice !time well spent

Just beautiful

What a lovely guy ! All the emotions of the build so beautifully expressed.

Very nice boat love it

very pretty boat

Nice boat ! I will be like you as soon as possible .

Really cool story for a beautiful sailboat excellent work and I’m so intrigued and inspired thanks from the Pacific Northwest 🇺🇸

yet another great vid. interesting that she's a plywood construction.

she's beautiful!

Lovely little boat.

We done. "Wooden have it any other way". Gotta love wooden boats. Fair winds!

Cool!

She sure is pretty!

Nice boat, guy, and video thanx

Good job, may she look after you and yours.

Very inspiring!

Great job !

Thanks so much for sharing your experiencesI learned so much, great workmanship and attention to detail, an inspiration to anyone who wants to build their own boat.

Beautiful boat. Maybe a dumb question? Could you not just hang an outboard off the transom and then have the entire cockpit as useable space? That outboard through the hull seems to take up a lot of space. Other than that, it’s a beautiful pocket sized cruiser!

Comes in 19, 21 and 25 foot versions. The 19 footer is also available in GRP as the Cape Cutter 19.

lovely and smart she be.

Nice job !

Beautiful

lovely boat and great interview

Great done!

Love it, Great interview

Lovely boat!

Looks like about the perfect boat. A 21 footer is about as big as a man can sail solo, and yet big enough to handle some really heavy seas. Always wanted to build one but doubt if I have enough years left to pull it off.

Excellent!

that's a nice boat ,,,,

Gran y estupendo trabajo,saludos.