East Cowes Castle way that even throughout the summer, the ice would not melt. The castle had a battery of eight guns, from which Royal Salutes were often fired, when the Royal Yacht was visiting Cowes. This exact copy of the original East Cowes Castle was built on Lough Cooter, County Galway in 1814. As described, East Cowes Castle was originally designed, built and owned by the famous architect John Nash, who was the protegé of the Prince Regent, who was to become King George IV. The circumstances surrounding its creation was that Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort happened to visit East Cowes
S&S 34 lighter, as well as being much stronger and stiffer. In 2011, pre-1980 boats sell for between $15,000 and $22,000 and new Constellation class boats cost from about $200,000 fully rigged. The first production S&S 34 built was "Morning Cloud", owned by Sir Edward Heath. Heath had seen the boat at the 1969 London Boat Show and sailed it to win the 1969 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as well as a class win in the Fastnet Race off Cowes. S&S 34 designs were overall or prize winners in every Sydney-Hobart race from 1969 to 1974, they were placed 1st and