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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.

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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SUNDAY………July 26th, 2020….. Time:.4:42 am EDT
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Feels like 68°F (High 91)…..CLEAR…….Humidity 95% …..Wind 0 mph SW (rising to 8 mph at 2pm)
Water temperature 81.9°F; ……Water plus air temperature = 149.9°F;
Precipitation : 0%
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—-Tides—–
05:44 AM Sunrise
06:22 AM 4.2 feet High Tide
12:26 PM Moonrise, 36.9% visible, Waxing Crescent
01:11 PM -0.0 feet Low Tide
07:10 PM 4.2 feet High Tide
08:20 PM Sunset
—-Currents—–
07:42 AM slack –
10:36 AM ebb -1.64
02:24 PM slack –
05:18 PM flood 1.52
08:36 PM slack –
11:24 PM ebb -1.50
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[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: This information is manually compiled from different websites. If you see a mistake, please let us know.
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Thank you.
theRondoutRower.com
Kingston Weather: https://www.wunderground.com/hourly/us/ny/kingston/12401?cm_ven=localwx_hour
Visual Tides: https://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/3985.html
Water Temps
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:
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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SATURDAY………July 25th, 2020….. Time:.4:50 am EDT
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Water temperature 81.4°F; ……Water plus air temperature = 146.4°F;
Precipitation : 5%
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—-Tides—–
05:25 AM 4.3 feet High Tide
05:43 AM Sunrise
11:13 AM Moonrise, 26.1% visible, Waxing Current
12:18 PM -0.2 feet Low Tide
06:17 PM 4.2 feet High Tide
08:21 PM Sunset
11:37 PM Moonset
—-Currents—–
06:48 AM slack –
09:48 AM ebb -1.75 knots
01:30 PM slack –
04:30 PM flood 1.47 knots
07:42 PM slack –
10:24 PM ebb -1.53 knots
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[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: This information is manually compiled from different websites. If you see a mistake, please let us know.
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Thank you.
theRondoutRower.com
Kingston Weather: https://www.wunderground.com/hourly/us/ny/kingston/12401?cm_ven=localwx_hour
Visual Tides: https://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/3985.html
Water Temps
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:
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/

Strangest Moments in Olympic Rowing

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Watched this video and was as impressed with the comments as with the race:

EduceU 99, 5 months ago, I’m sure his participation increased interest in the sport in his country and the neighboring countries. I love the Olympics because it’s about giving people hope and inspiring youth to dream. Also, how often do you see people from poorer countries in rowing, sailing…any other sport that requires quite a lot of money/resources. Although they have A standards for time for the other athletes, I don’t think his time was TOO terrible – just a couple minutes off the leading time so I think the wildcard entry was totally fine given what it achieved – didn’t interfere with the other athletes’ performance and it was hugely inspiring and entertaining to the public. Yay!

ThePathfinders Journal, 1 year ago, Coming in at that time with only 3 months of rowing is actually very impressive. I know people who have dedicated years and still struggle to hit the 8:30 mark. Makes me wonder what he could do if he had significantly more time to train.

General Clasher , 1 year ago, Remember Kenya and Ethiopia 1956, of course no one does. They won nothing, they were like this guy. 1960 first Ethiopian won a Gold medal and now we know what happened to your so called good sporting nations who can’t compete in long distances running anymore.

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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FRIDAY………July 24th, 2020….. Time:.5:19 am EDT
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Feels like 69°F (High 87)…..CLOUDY…….Humidity 95% …..Wind 5 mph NNE (rising to 8 mph at noon)
Water temperature 81.8°F; ……Water plus air temperature = 150.8°F;
Precipitation : 15% @ 1pm
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—-Tides—–
05:42 AM Sunrise
10:00 AM Moonrise, 16.8% visible, Waxing Crescent
11:30 AM -0.2 feet Low Tide
05:22 PM 4.1 feet High Tide
08:22 PM Sunset
11:09 PM Moonset
11:40 PM 0.2 feet Low Tide
—-Currents—–
06:00 AM slack –
08:54 AM ebb -1.82 knots
12:42 PM slack –
03:30 PM flood 1.42 knots
06:54 PM slack –
09:30 PM ebb -1.54 knots
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[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: This information is manually compiled from different websites. If you see a mistake, please let us know.
.
Thank you.
theRondoutRower.com
Kingston Weather: https://www.wunderground.com/hourly/us/ny/kingston/12401?cm_ven=localwx_hour
Visual Tides: https://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/3985.html
Water Temps
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:
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/