Talk:Cowes

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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)

Could be done, although there might be some duplication due to the significant symbiant relationship between the two towns in their history, industies and even the current waterside development today (not yet mentioned in the article). E.g. The Royal Yacht squadron orginainated in East Cowes and moved to Cowes and many non-Islanders would be familiar with "Cowes" as being the home of Victoria. I have yet to find out the date, but I beleive East Cowes did not have its own charter until about a hundred years ago (albeit part of the parish of Whippingham I think) The article at present captures the whole area and is not too lengthy, but as more is introduced then I am sure your suggestion is going to make perfect sense. Dainamo 00:16, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Mr Stigwood

Mr Stigwood is still very much in residence at Barton Manor.

Thank you. The matter has now been addressed. Naturenet | Talk 09:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]