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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 ...
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...
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...
Loading the Boat
August 1928
Men use a derrick to lift a racing yacht from its trailer, obscured by the derrick's winch, onto the car on the tracks leading to Geneva Lake. The boat was competing in the Inland Lake Yachting Ass...
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.
Sailing the "Senta"
1925
Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, far left, is helmsman for the "Senta," sailing with a crew of three on Geneva Lake. Dr. Schmidt was the husband of Emma Seipp Schmidt, the daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Sei...
