Daily Archives: March 24, 2021

An old classic I almost missed!

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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
I had heard this quote so many times and friends who read The Wind in the Willlows by Kenneth Grahame as young children told me how much they loved it that I finally HAD to get it and read it. A children’s book? Yes, but as an adult I found it to be soooo heart warming that I now recommend everybody read it. Especially as it is about the time of year that we begin, well, messing about in boats!

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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WEDNESDAY ……..March 24th, 2021….. Time:….4:50 am EDT
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Feels like 40 °F (High 60)….CLOUDY…..Humidity 85 % …….Wind 0 mph SSW rising to 5 mph @ 2 pm) ……Precipitation : 66 % @ 2pm ……Water temperature 43.9 °F (6.5 °C); ………………….. Water plus air temperature = 83.9 °F
Lat Long: 41.92 N ..73.96 W
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————–Tides—————-
Low Tide      4:54 AM   0.74 ft (0.23 m)
High Tide   10:34 AM   3.49 ft (1.06 m)
Low Tide      5:45 PM   0.42 ft (0.13 m)
High Tide    11:33 PM   3.2 ft (0.98 m)
———-Sun & Moon———–
Sunrise :        6:52 am↑   87° East
Sunset :         7:13 pm↑   273° West
Moonrise :     2:23 pm↑   61° Northeast, 76.5 % Waxing Crescent
Moonset :     4:53 am↑   301° Northwest
Daylight Hours:   12 hours, 21 minutes (+2m 50s)
————Currents—————
Time           Event     Knots
12:06 AM     slack         –
03:18 AM     ebb        -1.03
06:00 AM     slack         –
08:36 AM     flood       1.15
12:06 PM     slack        –
03:48 PM     ebb       -1.32
07:00 PM     slack       –
10:06 PM     flood      1.03

[Ebb current is when the water flows towards the south (Poughkeepsie). Flood current is when the tide flows towards the north (Albany). Slack is the period in between when the water is still (not flowing north or south).]
Understanding USCG markers in our area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP8vNMQctjM&t=157s
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NOTE: For updates throughout the day, use the links below. Also there are interesting links to videos about “our reach”.. ENJOY!
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theRondoutRower.com

Kingston Weather: https://weather.com/weather/today/l/261a6340f82e978bc855b4f078e56ada8064b7df9db6b61ef062f63e9d515dcb
Tides:
https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Kingston-Point-Hudson-River-New-York/tides/latest
Water Temperature
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/uv/?site_no=01359139&blurb=%20USGS+Real-Time+Water+Data+Information
Currents:
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaacurrents/Predictions?id=HUR0509_9
Moon Phases, Sunrise/Sunset
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/@z-us-12401
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/
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Waterways, Rowing and Regattas: rowing through the ages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSK-R8LzHc0
My Reach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NyQrFYuYKY&t=193s
How to read a compass: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/how-to-read-a-compass#:~:text=The%20most%20important%20part%20on,in%20the%20direction%20of%20south.

https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/2020-leaderboard/

https://www.facebook.com/Ocean-Rowing-Stats-103420408267582/

https://www.taliskerwhiskyatlanticchallenge.com/2020-race-entrants/