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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.

Got to Hutton Brickyards

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On my first venture out on the Hudson with the BOTE Rover Aero stand up paddle board. Cool!

 

Going out to test BOTE Aero!

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I had tried to put the extra long fins that came with the BOTE on the bottom.  I quickly discovered that the extra long fins are for when you are only doing stand up paddling since they block the action of the outboard motor preventing ANY turning.  I’ll never do that again!

After I got home I realized that the water at this launch site is soooooo thick with engine oil and gas that I wonder if I continue launching from here whether my skin will fall off one day.   I have to find a better place to launch!

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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FRIDAY… July 12th, 2019….. Time: 5:11 am EDT
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68°F (High 85)…..CLOUDY……Humidity 100% …..Wind 1 mpr WSW (Rising to 8 mph at noon)
Water temperature at Albany: 79.3°F; Water plus air temperature = 147.3°;
Rain 15% at 11am
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05:31 am Sunrise
06:12 am SLACK Current
09:06 am FLOW Current
10:38 am HIGH TIDE
11:48 am SLACK Current
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03:18 pm EBB CURRENT
06:06 pm SLACK Current
05:13 pm LOW TIDE
09:24 pm FLOW Current
08:31 pm Sunset
11:13 pm HIGH TIDE
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04:46 pm MOONRISE (Waxing (increasing) Gibbous, 80.1% visible) MOONSET 02:51 am Friday
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[Ebb tide is when the water flows towards the south (Poughkeepsie). Flow tide 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

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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THURSDAY… July 11th, 2019….. Time: 4:51 am EDT
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69°F (High 87)…..CLOUDY……Humidity 90% …..Wind 1 mpr S   (Rising to 6 mph at 9am)
Water temperature at Albany:  78.9°F;  Water plus air temperature =  147.9°;
Rain 75% at 5pm
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05:06 am SLACK Current
05:30 am Sunrise
08:00 am FLOW Current
09:34 am HIGH TIDE
10:42 am SLACK Current
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02:18 pm EBB CURRENT
05:12 pm SLACK Current
04:20 pm LOW TIDE
08:24 pm FLOW Current
08:31 pm Sunset
10:16 pm HIGH TIDE
11:30 pm SLACK Current
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03:40 pm MOONRISE (Waxing (increasing) Gibbous, 70.7% visible) MOONSET 02:15 am Friday
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[Ebb tide is when the water flows towards the south (Poughkeepsie).  Flow tide 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