Humber Yawl Club
The Humber Yawl Club is a yawl club founded in 1883[1] and so is one of England's oldest sailing clubs. It was founded on the banks of the Humber River at Brough Haven. The mainstays of the club in its formative years were George Holmes and Albert Strange.[1] The club currently has more than 200 members, and holds annual events including a regatta and the Winteringham Weekend.
The Humber Yawl Club is one of the few sailing clubs in the United Kingdom to be led by a captain and mate rather than a commodore. This was done to emphasise the informal style of the club - a rough-hewn northern Viking style in contrast to the mannered style of the Royal Yacht Squadron.[1]