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On a Free Run
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The Senta II, right, leads the Deltox, of Oshkosh, in one of the races at the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta at Lake Geneva. Both boats are flying spinnakers. The Senta II was owned by Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, who was an owner of Black Point Estate.
August 1925
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Class "C" Boat Race
August 1925
The start of the Class "C" race of the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta at Lake Geneva. Ernst Schmidt wrote in a description of this photograph, "59 boats started in one of the races. This ...
At the Dock
August 1932
Crews work on their boats at the dock of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club after one of the races of the 1932 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. The tent for spectators is in the background on the ...
Race Judges
August 1925
The judges for the 1925 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta held at Lake Geneva are shown aboard Commodore Colonel William Nelson Pelouze's steamer "Fladora." A description written by Ernst Sc...
Senta III
July 1959
View across water of the Senta III, owned by Ernst Schmidt of Black Point Estate, competes in the Class A Regatta at Pewaukee Lake. The skipper is Buddy Melges. There is a second yacht to the right...
Working on the Boat
August 1928
Members of the crew work on the bottom of a class C boat before the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. The Lake Geneva Yacht Club clubhouse is in the background. On the left are the tracks l...
The Senta
September 5, 1915
View across water towards the Senta, owned and skipped by Dr. Otto Schmidt, on Lake Geneva near the Lake Geneva Yacht Club just before the start of the Sheridan Race.
