Insuring Cape Yachts: cover and premium
sailing boats and sailing yachts · several countries
Cape Yachts: south African builder of gaff cutters. NAMMERT insures a Cape Yachts regardless of year built or where you bought it, liability, hull, legal expenses and personal accident cover from one house, taken out online in five minutes.
At a glance
Origin
several countries
Class
sailing boats and sailing yachts
Typical sizes
5,8 m
Premium from
from €39 a year for liability
Worth knowing
Cape Yachts; cover, cost and conditions
The Cape Cutter 19 hails from Cape Town. Nick and Lyndsay Voorhoeve wanted a small cruiser with traditional looks and in 1998 asked the South African designer Dudley Dix to draw it. The working name was Inspiration 19, but the boat was launched as the Cape Cutter 19 to point to Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope. Her lines borrow from the local workboats: a glassfibre hull moulded with clinker steps, a gaff cutter rig and a lifting centreplate for shallow water. Building began in South Africa and was later also taken up by Honnor Marine in Britain. Stepped planking and two headsails ahead of the gaff main make her easy to recognise.
Our model records list one design for Cape Yachts: the Cape Cutter 19, a sailing boat of 5.8 metres with build years 1999 to 2009. The number in the name is her length in feet. According to the source the cabin sleeps two or three and the cockpit seats four. She trails easily and works as a daysailer, a club racer or a small coastal cruiser. The entry does not run into later years, so a Cape Cutter today means a used boat. An owners' group, the Cape Cutter 19 Association, keeps records of the boats' history and design.
A trailer sailer spends much of its life on the road, so the trailer deserves as much attention as the boat: bearings, brakes, rollers and the winch post. On the boat itself, check the centreplate pivot and lifting tackle, since a plate that has hit the bottom can bend or jam. The gaff jaws, throat and peak halyards and the bowsprit fittings wear in ways a bermudan rig does not. Wooden trim needs oil or varnish each season. Boats from the British build and from South Africa share the same design, and the history file usually shows where a particular hull was made.
Questions and answers
Frequent questions
Who designed the Cape Cutter 19?
For Cape Yachts: South African designer Dudley Dix,
commissioned in 1998 by Nick and Lyndsay Voorhoeve.
Our model records list the boat at 5.8 metres with build years 1999 to 2009.
Why is she called the Cape Cutter?
For Cape Yachts: The name points to Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope, where she was conceived,
and to her cutter rig with two headsails.
Her working name was Inspiration 19.
The cover that fits
sailing boat insurance
Tariffs, cover and FAQ for sailing boat insurance in detail.
Third-party liability
The foundation for a boat from Cape Yachts: damage to third parties, worldwide,
from €39 a year for liability.
Hull cover
Partial or full hull cover for a Cape Yachts, at replacement value with an agreed fixed value.
For the whole class of boat
For Cape Yachts: What matters for sailing boats and sailing yachts is the same across every brand;
engine output, how a claim is settled, cruising range and theft protection.
The class page lists every point and every brand in this class, Cape Yachts included.
Insuring sailing boats and sailing yachts, every brand and every condition
Other builders in this class
Nautical information What counts before you cast off, papers, equipment, waters
Licence
Under sail no licence is needed; with an auxiliary engine from 15 hp one is.
Registration
Official number or boat certificate; a flag document for trips abroad.
Waters
Inland lakes, the Baltic and the North Sea; tide, current and shoals belong in the passage plan.
Equipment
Lifejackets, harness and jackstays, lifebuoy, distress signals, reefing system.
Cruising range
Certificate of insurance for foreign harbours; check that racing is covered.
Weather
Reef in time: first reef from Beaufort 5, second from 6, watch the gust forecast.
General guidance, not a complete account;
what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and the manual of your Cape Yachts.
Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.
Series by Cape Yachts, build years and cover
Cape Cutter 19 is a sailing boat from Cape Yachts, built from 1999 to 2009.
For the Cape Cutter 19 by Cape Yachts series the market value and the replacement cost often
differ widely.
An agreed value removes the age-based scale, and the figure in the policy stands.
For the Cape Cutter 19 by Cape Yachts series:
On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.
A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.
What does a used Cape Yachts cost?
We hold today’s price ranges by year for 1 models by Cape Yachts.
The table shows what boats in average condition are worth,
from the oldest to the youngest year on record.
Choose your exact model, year and condition in the calculator.
| Model | Years built | Range today |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Cutter 19 | 2002 to 2006 | €8,700 to €12,100 |
Estimate from our boat records, October 2026.
Not a survey.
Cape Yachts insured in five minutes.
Boat type, year built, length and value of your Cape Yachts are all we need.
Work out the premium online or call us: +49 3375 29 12 77.
