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Senta III
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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. Both boats are flying symmetric spinnakers; one crewmember on the Senta III is working with the spinnaker pole. There are large cumulus clouds in the sky.
July 1959
C. Oscar Lindquist Studio
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On a Free Run
August 1925
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...
Sheridan Race
1914
The sailboat "Senta" competes in the Sheridan Prize Race at Geneva Lake. The "Senta" belonged to Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, who is the skipper here. He was an owner of Black Point Estate. Two crew member...
Storm on Lake Winnebago
August 1916
Class A sailboats race in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Winnebago just before a storm breaks. There are threatening clouds overhead.
Class "E" Race
August 1933
The skipper and crew sail their "E" class boat in a race at the 1933 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Mendota. Lake View Sanatorium is on the wooded shoreline in the far background.
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.
After the Storm
August 1916
A description of this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads: "The 'Senta' with the anchor out shortly after the storm had hit. I am on the after deck — Father [Dr. Otto L. Schmidt] is standing ...
