The idea of a sailing organization was conceived in 1943, when i was working in the engineering dept. of Chance Vought Aircraft, maker of the famous
gull-wing Corsair, with my very good friend and sailing buddy, Herb Buerger. We knew there were quite a few sailors working there, and invited them to attend a meeting to discuss our plans for a club. The plan was enthusiastically received
and endorsed, and our next step was to think of a suitable name to be voted on. At the next meeting my entry of Windjammers, after the old-time square rigged clipper ships, received the majority of votes.

Some of the original members,besides myself and Herb, were Wayne Pierce, Art Hunt, Ron Small, Charlie Kussmall, Charlie Seaver, Vince Rheinberger, Hank Gibbons, Felix Bergwall, Dave Comstock, and possibly a few others whose names escape me.

The next step was to have an election of officers, the results of which I don’t remember. At any rate, once organized, we had races every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday, throughout the summer. We even had at least one overnight race, to and around Faulkner's lsland, and back.

After World War Two, when Chance Vought moved to Dallas, Texas, the club lost some of it's original members, but fortunately was saved by local sailors, who kept it going.

It is gratifying to me, that something l had a hand in starting, is still active after 63 years. Keep it going!

-Bob Davies