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Call me cynical but I'm not sure about this. Can anyone verify? The only online references look like clones of this paragraph. Even if such a boat was built, can it really be linked to the birth of yachting as a sport, or indeed Cowes as a centre for such a sport? There's a very long gap between Elizabeth I and Cowes becoming a racing centre. [[User:Naturenet|Naturenet]] 21:49, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC) |
Call me cynical but I'm not sure about this. Can anyone verify? The only online references look like clones of this paragraph. Even if such a boat was built, can it really be linked to the birth of yachting as a sport, or indeed Cowes as a centre for such a sport? There's a very long gap between Elizabeth I and Cowes becoming a racing centre. [[User:Naturenet|Naturenet]] 21:49, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC) |
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:Assuming the story to be true, I have edited it with a more plausible sense of proportion to the event. [[User:Dainamo|Dainamo]] 14:53, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC) |
:Assuming the story to be true, I have edited it with a more plausible sense of proportion to the event. [[User:Dainamo|Dainamo]] 14:53, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC) |
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== Cowes/East Cowes == |
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It seems to me that it's getting to the stage that there needs to be two seperate pages for Cowes and East Cowes. Might be a job to disentangle them, but not impossible. Anyone think otherwise? [[User:Naturenet|Naturenet]] 09:53, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 09:53, 29 October 2004
Rat O'Wight
- It is believed that Cowes owes its reputation of 'yachting capital of the world' to the building of a small boat called Rat O'Wight on the banks of the river Medina for the use of Queen Elizabeth I.
Call me cynical but I'm not sure about this. Can anyone verify? The only online references look like clones of this paragraph. Even if such a boat was built, can it really be linked to the birth of yachting as a sport, or indeed Cowes as a centre for such a sport? There's a very long gap between Elizabeth I and Cowes becoming a racing centre. Naturenet 21:49, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Assuming the story to be true, I have edited it with a more plausible sense of proportion to the event. Dainamo 14:53, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Cowes/East Cowes
It seems to me that it's getting to the stage that there needs to be two seperate pages for Cowes and East Cowes. Might be a job to disentangle them, but not impossible. Anyone think otherwise? Naturenet 09:53, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)