Sailboat racing on the harbor. The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Sailboat racing on the harbor. The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Sailboat racing on the harbor with hundreds of spectators on hand. The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side. This was a social center of Duluth but you did have to buy a membership. It had nearly 200 rowboats, canoes, and a flotilla of sailboats. Duluth rowers won 20 national championships between 1911 and 1923, as well as hosting the national races in 1916. The club dissolved in 1926 due to flagging interest and debt.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Aquatennial Sailing Regatta award winners left to right: MC Class Bill Coburn, Laser Class - John Dyer, C class J.D. Macrae. The Aquatennial Royalty is mostly in the second row.
Calhoun Yacht Club and Lake Calhoun Sailing School instructors at Lake Calhoun. Left to Right, Ana Reiter, Ni ck Reiter, Jessica Smith, Kevin Jewett, Andrea Johnson, Mark Cook Jessica Sells, Chris Krogh, Bessie Alyeshmerni, Joanna Smith, and Mike Woldum.
Calhoun Yacht club and Lake Calhoun Sailing School X fleet sailors receiving awards at the annual Interlake Regatta on Lake Minnetonka,. Left to Right unknown woman, Ronnie Wexler, Scott Wexler, Chris Krogh, Mike woldum,. Ms George, Laura Coppage.
Left to right, MikeWoldum, Joanna Smith, Robert Sharp, Max Salzman, Jenny Myers, John Dyer, Sarah Mason, Katie McLaughlin, Elinor Mason, David Lang. These X sailors are preparing to race in the X Inland on Lake Geneva. X skippers and crew are all 6 years old or under.
Calhoun Yacht Club C Scows at starting line at Lake Calhoun. Left to right, the boats are C14 Erle Reiter, C4 Harry Dye, C1 Bob Wood, C9 Herb and John Bloomberg.
Calhoun Yacht Club member, John Huseth winning the first place trophy for the Interlakes Regatta on White Bear Lake. John is receiving his award from Tom Weigel, Interlakes Chairman and a member of the Calhoun Yacht Club. Standing by is head judge, Tom Hodgson.
This wooden A scow, built in 1966, is being raced on Lake Minnetonka. Note the wearing of life jackets for the heavy wind. Sailors are Gary Reiter, Nick Reiter Bill Horak, Jim Johnson, Andy Stanton and John Eide.
This wooden A scow is 38 feet long, it has a sail with 1200 square feet and was built in 1966. Sailors are Gary Retier, Nick Reiter, Jim Johnson, BillHorak, Andy Stanton, and John Eide.
Left to right- Dick Sachett, Dick Garwood, Frank Bauman, Don Pott, Stuart Lemon, Marshall Ervin, Eric Peterson, Bill Chandler, R. F. Peterson, Bobby Smith, Barry Ervin Sr., Berry Ervin Jr., Paul Whiting Lewis Miner Sr., Lewis Miner Jr., Carlton DeRum, E.C. Garwood, ? Bauman.
Calhoun Yacht Club members waiting on the submerged dock for a decision to sail or not in the storm. Left to right- Will Tajibnapis, Dale Borgeson, Eric Protzman, Jake Waddington, Mike Biele, Greg Stauffer skippers waiting on submerged dock on a decision to sail or not in the storm.
Calhoun C Scow Fleet on Lake Calhoun. The sailboats are skippered and crewed by John Wiggins, George and Charles Reiter, Lewis and "Pop" Miner, and Dick and Bob Garwood. Note: all sailboat are gaffrigs, but some boats have pointed bows and some have smooth, blunt, rounded bows.
Opti skipper Max Salzman at the Aquatennial on Lake Calhoun. The Opti is 7 foot 9 inches long and the beam is 3 feet8 inches. The sail area has 35 square feet of sail.
Calhoun Yacht Club skipper Tom Weigel and his crew Roger Maltars racing on a M16 scow, on Lake Calhoun. Skipper and crew are hiking out heading for the windward mark.
John Dyer, Lars Hanson and Joe Dickenson were the top three laser sailors. Laser sailboats are car top carried. There are two lasers in the picture. On this particular Thanksgiving, there had been 12 inches of snow the night before.
Calhoun Yacht Club X Fleet members receive awards at the annual X Inland Regatta on Lake Pewaukee. Left to Right, is John Coppage, Mike Woldum, Joanna Smith, Andy Graff, Kevin Jewett, Bessie Alyeshmerni, Robert Sharp, Ronnie Wexler, Scott Wexler and Jenny Myers.
Calhoun Yacht Club X fleet skipper Joanna Smith and crew Katie McLaughlin preparing to launch at Lake Geneva. The x boat skippers and crew are 16 years old or under.
Calhoun Yacht Club X Fleet skipper Mike Woldum and crew Robert Sharp racing in heavy winds on Lake Minnetonka. Both skipper and crew are hiking on the boat.
Calhoun Yacht Club X Fleet skipper Mike Woldum and crew Robert Sharp racing the Interlake Regatta on Lake Minnetonka.The sail with the M is from Minnetonka Yacht Club.
These cannons are used by the judges at the starting and finishing lines for sailboat races. They were purchased by Calhoun Yacht Club August 27, 1936. these are 10 gage cannons, black powder, smmoth bore and manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The cost was $19.80. These cannons give off a puff of smoke that can be seen anywhere on the lake.
The 38 foot scow "Tomahawk" departing from a private dock in what is now the lagoon area between Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun. In the cockpit are are Halie W. Reiter, Joseph Reiter, Ed Pommer in the derby hat.
Class B Scow "Pathfinder" with reaching spinnaker and pennant flying from gaff and mainsail on Lake Calhoun. West shoreline of Lake Calhoun is in the background.
Two Class B Scows racing on Lake Calhoun. Charles F. Reiter is at the tiller of the "Pathfinder." J.C. Vincent and Bob George were the owners and skippers of "LaPaloma."
E Scow racing on Lake Calhoun at the Aquatennial Regatta. This boat was built at Johnson Boat Works, White Bear Lake. Don Whiting is preparing to step forward to remove the spinnaker pole. The skipper is Erle Reiter
Boat and docks at Fair Hills Summer Resort on Pelican Lake in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Several adults and children are standing on the docks and there is a sailboat in the water. On the back of the postcard is a note to a Miss Phillips.