The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-08-27
Y-WAVELAND YACHT CLUB
REGATTA NEXT SATURDAY

The days of real sport nave re-
turned to Bay st. Louis.
The Bay-Waveland Yacht Club
has awakened after a sleep of de-
cade.
The first regatta in Bay st.
Louis for many years is scheduled
for next Saturday, September 3rd,
and local sportsmen are planning to
equal this meet with those of the
past.
Since the reorganization of the
Bay-Waveland Yacht Club several
weeks ago, and the date of their
first regatta definitely decided, the
committees in charge have been un-
tiring in their efforts to bring remin-
iscenses of days of 1901-02 back to
the "Bay", when events of this kind
were looked with anticipation and
much enthusiasm by local sportsmen
as well as yachtmen and sailormen of
the Texas and Florida, coast, who
were always in attendance and were
listed among the entries.
Mayor Webb is chairman of the
arrangement committee, while the
committee ON entertainment, recep-
tion, racing and dancing have been
working harmoniously. Meeting af-
ter meeting has been held in their
headquarters, leaving no detail un-
done and sparing no expenses to
entertain visiting sportsmen and
their friends from the gulf coast
Florida to Texas.
The entire Bav ST. Louis Wave
land community and our inland
neighbors are extended cordial
welcome. Invitations were sent out,
but only to cities and towns from a
distance.
After the program Of the regatta
in the afternoon is completed later
in the evening the Yacht Club will
act as host to grand ball at the
Woodmen Hall, at 8o'clock. Those
inclined to the art of terpsichore,
should not miss this feature of the
program. Everybody is invited and
a gala time is to be expected.
If the weather permits all boats,
and those in the race from New Or
leans are scheduled to arrive before
noon of the 3rd, some of the sloops
1eavino tha nipht before
The impression that the Bay-Wave-
land Yacht Club is new organiza-
ton is erroneous.
The Club was formerly one of
the largest on the gulf coast and
was the sponsor of many exciting
sloop and cabin races of the years
in the past.
Therefore instead of being a new
organization with newly elected
members the Bay-Waveland Yacht
Club is but an old association
brought back to life with the spirit
of the present, the history of the
past and the hope for the future.
Not only will the new officials in
charge stage the 1921 regatta but it
is planned to make the contest of
the water an annual affair.
The course of the regatta to be
held next Saturday is of the same
used by the Club some twenty
years ago and was laid out by some
of the old yachtsmen themselves.
The course is triangular, four
miles in length and is laid off where
the channel is deepest and the direc-
tors of the races say that no race
will have to be scratched on account
of insufficient wind to finish the
race in scheduled time.
The naval detachment of the air
corps at Pensacola have promised to
send over several monster seaplanes
to guard the coast during the races
and to give demonstration in flying.
Both cash and cup prizes have
been offered as incentives to the var
ious entries for the many different
classes of boats. A cup will be
awarded TO the winner of the race
from New Orleans West End) to
Bay st. Louis, also cup to the win
ner of the return race to New Or