The Yoke race to East Cowes - update
Published 19:50 on 23 Apr 2026
The Yoke, that prestigious and ancient trophy awarded to the successful Emsworth cruiser team, is home. On Saturday we blitzed the zig zag course from Chi to Cowes. The following boats from ESC took part (in alphabetical order);
Bombardino (3rd)
Capacity
Erika of Emsworth (4th)
Freedom
Hector (10th)
Keltic Dancer
Kyra
Legionnaire (5th)
Lumina (6th)
Nomad (2nd)
Ruby 11
Shardik
Songbird of Hamble (9th)
Tigger (1st)
Wistra
All of these boats and crews made a vital contribution to this stunning success. (There were exceptions - who tied a bucket to my rudders!?).
Jennie Vaughan at ESSC organised a great course, and our own Martin Stewart contributed greatly. Thank you.
Mark Broad
Cruiser Captain
cruisers@emsworthsc.org.uk
Click here for the history of The Yoke.
