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About The Rondout Rower

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Pisces, Nelsie Aybar-Grau not only enjoyed swimming in the Caribbean Sea but she has enjoyed travels that have brought her in close contact to the waters of the Thames, the Seine, the Yangtse, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Hudson and the Harlem Rivers. Although she enjoyed swimming she had never pursued athletics in any serious way. After a career in computer programming for Wall Street area financial institutions she moved into the Hudson Valley upstate New York area. Then at 60 years of age as a favor to a friend she started photographing the Rondout Creek and the rowers in the Rondout Rowing Club. After four years of rowing both on land and water she became president of the rowing club from 2014 to 2017. Rowing has changed her life. Living steps away from the Rondout Creek has brought her closer to nature and the meditative rejuvenation that it provides.

Last week on my early morning walk

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I love the early morning’s on Kingston Point Beach.  Almost always the water is calm and it is very quiet.  As soon as the weather improves (when the water plus air temperature is above 100 degrees) this is where I will launch my boat for a lovely two mile row.

Here you see a barge pushing its cargo North towards Albany.  The seagulls vie for bits of food in the shallow waters of low tide.  In the distance the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge is shrouded with morning mist. Alot of people drive out here just to take in the peaceful scene.  It calms the mind before a long day of, well, whatever.

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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WEDNESDAY ……. MARCH 23rd, 2022….. Time:……4:30 am EDT
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Feels like 31° F (High 49 )…….CLEAR……Humidity 67% …….
Wind 3 mph NNE rising to 7 mph at 9:00 am …… Precipitation : 66 % @ 11:00 pm
……Water temperature 41.2 °F (5.3° C); …………………..
Water plus air temperature = 72.2°F
Lat Long: 41.92 N ..73.96 W
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—————-Tides—————-
High Tide 5:48 AM 4.2 ft (1.28 m)
Low Tide 12:38 PM 0.06 ft (0.02 m)
High Tide 6:21 PM 3.41 ft (1.04 m)
————Currents—————
Time…………Event……..Knots
01:00 AM slack –
03:54 AM flood 1.62
07:24 AM slack –
10:12 AM ebb -1.67
01:54 PM slack –
04:30 PM flood 1.16
07:42 PM slack –
10:24 PM ebb -1.44
———-Sun & Moon——————-
Sunrise : 6:54 am↑ 88° East
Sunset : 7:11 pm↑ 273° West
Moonrise : 12:35 am↑ 121° Southeast, 71.0 % visible, Waning Gibbous
Moonset : 9:55 am↑ 237° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 17 minutes (+2m 50s)

[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).
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NOTE: For updates throughout the day, use this link https://therondoutrower.com/weather-updates-page/
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Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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TUESDAY ……. MARCH 22nd, 2022….. Time:……4:45 am EDT
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Feels like 37° F (High 54 )…….CLEAR……Humidity 54% …….
Wind 3 mph N rising to 12 mph at 3:00 pm …… Precipitation : 1 % @ 5:00 am
……Water temperature 41.1 °F (5.2° C); …………………..
Water plus air temperature = 78.1°F
Lat Long: 41.92 N ..73.96 W
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—————-Tides—————-
High Tide 4:55 AM 4.27 ft (1.3 m)
Low Tide 11:43 AM -0.17 ft (-0.05 m)
High Tide 5:23 PM 3.6 ft (1.1 m)
Low Tide 11:46 PM 0.03 ft (0.01 m)
————Currents—————
Time…………Event……..Knots
12:18 AM slack –
03:00 AM flood 1.65
06:30 AM slack –
09:18 AM ebb -1.76
12:54 PM slack –
03:30 PM flood 1.32
06:48 PM slack –
09:36 PM ebb -1.61
———-Sun & Moon——————-
Sunrise : 6:56 am↑ 88° East
Sunset : 7:10 pm↑ 272° West
Moonset : 9:17 am↑ 243° Southwest, 80.7 % visible, Waning Gibbous
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 15 minutes (+2m 50s)

[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).
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NOTE: For updates throughout the day, use this link https://therondoutrower.com/weather-updates-page/
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Moon on Rondout Creek

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Totally unexpected.  I had an early appointment at my doctor’s in Poughkeepsie and as I drove over the 9W bridge I noticed that the moon was shining over the Wurts Street Bridge.  It is a waxing gibbous moon…after the Full Moon last Friday night (which I never got to see because of the cloudy sky). All the lights on the Kingston Promenade Walkway are also reflected in the Creek on the right.