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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.

Skipper Jody

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I have been fortunate to have my friend Jody Sterling to row with me today. In the past she has taken me out in her sailboat the Taffey Girl as well as a small sailboat, the Tidbit. Glad she enjoyed her first strokes. It’s hard though when you are a perfectionist. But in the end success is guaranteed. Thank you, Jody.

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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WEDNESDAY………July 15th, 2020….. Time:.5:14 am EDT
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Feels like 61°F (High 84)…..CLEAR…….Humidity 99% …..Wind 0 mph  (rising to 4 mph at 1pm)
Water temperature 82.0°F;  ……Water plus air temperature = 143.0°F;
Precipitation : 10%
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—-Tides—–
05:34 AM   Sunrise
10:02 AM    3.1 feet  High Tide
03:53 PM   Moonset, 27.9% visible, Waning Crescent
04:31 PM    0.8 feet  Low Tide
08:29 PM   Sunset
10:28 PM    3.7 feet  High Tide
—-Currents—–
06:06 AM   slack            –
09:00 AM   flood         0.69
11:30 AM   slack            –
03:06 PM   ebb          -1.10
05:48 PM   slack            –
08:48 PM   flood         1.23
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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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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/