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October 1996
THE JIB SHEET
PAGE 8
THE INTERFERENCE AND THE INTERRUPTION
—Newspaper article from The Times Picayune~
Two More Craft Launched at Bay for Yacht Club
Bay St. Louis, Miss., May 21—General admiration was expressed by the public when two skimmers of the sea were launched here Monday, the Interference, belonging to CA. Breath, Jr., and the Interruption belonging to C.CMcDonald and his brother, John McDonald.
Before launching the trim and beautiful racers, to fly the Bay-Waveland Yacht colors this summer, were on the beach in front of Captain CA. Breath’s residence on North Front Street, veritable specimens of the shipbuilders art, like great and white-winged birds, ready to breast the winds and bring renown to Bay St. Louis and their owners as well.
Both crafts are identical, twins, as it were. Both are constructed of the best grade of cypress with copper fittings, silken sails and hollow spars. The spars are from Boston; the masts measuring twenty-eight feet in length, weigh but sixty-five pounds each. The sails are from the New Orleans firm of Spearing and Company, and are of the best silk.
The boats launched, were given their trial race over an eight-mile triangular course on the north side of the railroad bridge, and, as Captain Breath, Sr., the builder of both craft, expresses to The Times Picayune, it was a nip and tuck race. Both are exactly alike and neither seem to have the advantage of the other. But nevertheless there will be keen rivalry over the Bay this summer between the two sloops and their entry will arouse additional interest in acquatic sports and supremacy.
WINDJAMMER YACHT CLOB
An organization was formed, after the disbanding of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club during the depression,and was called the Windjammer Yacht Club. The three men who were the founders of this organization were Charles A. Breath,Jr., John McDonald and Hoke Ogden. As best we can deduct, from personal recollections of several individuals and from newspaper clippings some of the members involved were Roger Boh, Joe Olson, Leo Seal, Dave McDonald, C.C. McDonald and Robert Camors. There was no clubhouse, but the group had meetings and races and was formed solely for the purpose of attracting the annual event of the GYA, which we believe became known as Race Week. The group wanted to attract the fleet of sailboats which encompassed sailors from the entire Gulf Coast for a full week of sailing in several different spots on the Coast The sailboats would meet in Biloxi, where they would spend 3 days, then sail to Gulfport and spend 3 days there, then off to Pass Christian to sail for 1-2 more days and through the efforts of the members of the Windjammer Yacht Club, the fleet would stop in Bay St Louis and sail there for 1-2 days. The group accomplished their goal.
After the races, that the W YC would run on weekends, the sailors would quite frequently retire the day at a place called “Uncle Charlie’s Nite Club”. Larry Larroux, longtime resident and member of Bay-Waveland Yacht Club, spoke to the editors about how “Uncle Charlie’s” came about
About 1930, after the acquisition of the BWYC building by Messrs. Lacoste, Glover and Edwards, their sons decided that since their fathers had this nice building, why not have a dance, since it was “spring break”. The coast would be inundated by families spending Easter vacation in the Bay-Waveland area. Mr. Larroux said that,” It was so crowded that you couldn’t even get near the place.” Charles A. Breath,Sr., being the entrepreneur that he was, saw an occasion to make something out of the building. Shortly thereafter, he purchased the building and called it “Uncle Charlie’s”. “There were dances there for many years to come till WWII or longer.”said Mr. Larroux. Gathering from our conversation, it was, “the place to be.”
Some ofthe boats that are mentioned in an article dated August 11,1933 edition are: the Interference and the Interruption, Charles A. Breath, Jr. and Robert Camors respectively, the Jo Jean, Louis Schadowsky, the Mille Tonnere' and the Princess, built and owned by John McDonald; Hoke Ogden’s Swan and Poor Boy owned by Donald Sutter.
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