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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….. September 16, 2018….. Time: 4:35 am EDT

Temp: 62 °F …..Fair……Humidity 99 % …..Wind 1 mph 30 NNE

01:33 am LOW TIDE
02:54 am SLACK Current
06:00 am FLOW Current
06:33 am SUNRISE ———– SUNSET 7:00 pm
07:22 am HIGH TIDE
08:36 am SLACK Current
01:48 pm MOONRISE

[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).]

NOTE: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The Red Rose Crew

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Most people mention the “Boys in the Boat” as the book through which they learned about rowing. But “The Red Rose Crew” gives you the history about the “girls in the boat” and I find this to be the MOST UPLIFTING book about rowing for women. Especially chapter 2 about Gail Pierson who started as a single sculler. Here’s a quote from that chapter:: “Single scullers were an odd lot, even in the peculiar world of rowing. They were both revered and distrusted by other rowers—-revered because sculling was a higher form of rowing art, much harder to learn than the “sweep” rowing done at colleges……..single scullers were outcasts in the world of rowing, frequently the one’s who couldn’t stand being coached or weren’t very tolerant of rowing in the same boat with others. ”

The Red Rose Crew  A True Story of Women, Winning and the Water

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Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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SATURDAY….. September 15, 2018….. Time: 5:06 am EDT

Temp: 66 °F …..Mostly Cloudy……Humidity 94 % …..Wind 0 mph 200 SSW

12:34 am LOW TIDE
04:54 am FLOW Current
06:24 am HIGH TIDE
07:42 am SLACK Current
06:32 am SUNRISE ———– SUNSET 7:05 pm
10:30 am EBB Current
12:50 am MOONRISE

[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).]

NOTE: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Rondout Creek TIDES AND CURRENTS

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FRIDAY….. September 14, 2018….. Time: 5:15 am EDT

Temp: 69 °F …..Cloudy……Humidity 93 % …..Wind 1 mph 160 SSE

11:4 pm LOW TIDE
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03:42 am FLOW Current
05:34 am HIGH TIDE
06:48 am SLACK Current
06:31 am SUNRISE ———– SUNSET 7:07 pm
09:48 am EBB Current
11:48 am MOONRISE

[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).]

NOTE: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018