Cleopatra 23

This craft has a medium V hull in semi-displacement form enabling the craft to produce a reasonable sea performance with large engines fitted. The boat was basically built in 2 versions. The Blue Nile as a family cruiser with larger cabin and the Express Fisherman had a larger cockpit. The earlier versions had a large Perspex wrap round window but this was modified with two separate smaller windows. Engines varied enormously from single Perkins diesel to twin Petrol. All were outdrived. For a short time Foxes boatyard at Ipswich built a version called the Fox 700