Remembering back to the1840s, Thomas Dabney's daughter wrote, "Many gentlemen at Pass Christian owned fast-sailing yachts, and during the season, fortnightly regattas were held, in which the entire population felt deeply interested, as almost everyone owing a yacht entered in for the race."

In 1937, the newly formed Skipperette Club voted Mrs. Peggy Gause as its Commodore. In 1938, the Knost Regatta for female skippers came into existence, honoring Bernard Knost, and has since continued as an annual event of the Pass Christian Yacht Club.