Crew of the "Tomahawk" posed with arms crossed. This image was taken at the old Minnetonka Yacht Club on Lighthouse Island on Lake Minnetonka. From left to right: Telford Doerr, Charles F. Reiter (mainsheet), Anson "Babe" Purchase, Halie W. Reiter and George Purchase. All crew members are wearing shirts marked with a "T" for Tomahawk.
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."
Canoe racing team (some with A.B.C. sweaters) with a canoe on the shore between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. Charles F. Reiter is in the front row on the far right.
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.
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.
Record book showing minutes and the budget for 1935- November 1951. Note: some blank pages and one trophy presentation 1950 handout with names listed. There is also a map of the buoys on Calhoun.
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.
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 Calhoun Yacht Club Board of Directors, left to right front row: Bloomberg, Griswold, Benson. Left to right back row: Cunningham, Reiter, Dick Garwood, Brennan, Merriman.
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
This X fleet regatta was an annual event between Lake Harriet Yacht Club and Lake Calhoun Yacht Club for skippers 16 years old or under. These boats are tied to the main dock on Lake Calhoun.
Lake Harriet commodore Rome Riebeth presents Lake Harriet/Lake Calhoun X fleet regatta trophy to Lake Calhoun commodore Austin Caswell. This was an annual regatta between the two city lakes.
left to right- Lionel Bening, treasurer, Jack Perecman, Commodore, Fred Hird, Head Judge, Dale Borgeson, Sailing Captain, preparing to launch the new Glastrom judges and safety boat.
Letter is in response to changes in rules governing buoy distribution, preferences and lay out of the space. This change gave preference to city residents and discriminated against two boat families.
Calhoun Yacht Club sailors gathering on Lake Calhoun's main dock. Some of them are: Dick Carlson in yellow shirt, Tom Nixon in light blue stripped shirt and Eric Bloomquist in red headband on the far right.