COVID-19 & Our Campus
To learn about how COVID-19 has affected our campus and the changes we have made, read the statement on our homepage at www.hrmm.org.
To learn about how COVID-19 has affected our campus and the changes we have made, read the statement on our homepage at www.hrmm.org.
Wooden Boat School Instructors
Wayne Ford is a master woodworker and shipwright with extensive timber framing experience. He teaches YouthBoat boatbuilding, timber framing, and toboggan building at RWBS.
Anna Landewe is president the Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy board of directors, and also a resident lighthouse keeper. She is a lifelong artist with years of experience in traditional scrimshaw techniques. Anna teaches the Scrimshaw series at RWBS.
Michael Puryear is an internationally known furniture maker, studio designer, and teacher with 30 years of experience. He has taught college-level courses and has built a number of small wooden boats using the stitch & glue technique which results in strong light weight boats. He teaches the Foundations of Woodworking series, furniture building, and boat building at RWBS.
Bill Sterling is a retired art teacher with 30 years experience. He has been building guitars for 10 years and teaching guitar building for three years. He studied with Dave Nichols at Custom Pearl Inlay in Malone, NY. Bill is also the education coordinator for the Hudson Valley chapter of the Northeast Woodworker's Association. He teaches instrument building at RWBS.
John VanBuren is a member of the Hudson Valley chapter of the Northeast Woodworker's Association. He teaches paddle carving and boatbuilding at RWBS.
Jack Weeks is an experienced timber framer and has built many of the timber frame structures on the museum campus. He is a board member of HRMM and teaches timber framing for RWBS.
Andrew Willner is a longtime woodworking artist with extensive woodcarving experience. He teaches carving and joinery classes for RWBS.
Anna Landewe is president the Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy board of directors, and also a resident lighthouse keeper. She is a lifelong artist with years of experience in traditional scrimshaw techniques. Anna teaches the Scrimshaw series at RWBS.
Michael Puryear is an internationally known furniture maker, studio designer, and teacher with 30 years of experience. He has taught college-level courses and has built a number of small wooden boats using the stitch & glue technique which results in strong light weight boats. He teaches the Foundations of Woodworking series, furniture building, and boat building at RWBS.
Bill Sterling is a retired art teacher with 30 years experience. He has been building guitars for 10 years and teaching guitar building for three years. He studied with Dave Nichols at Custom Pearl Inlay in Malone, NY. Bill is also the education coordinator for the Hudson Valley chapter of the Northeast Woodworker's Association. He teaches instrument building at RWBS.
John VanBuren is a member of the Hudson Valley chapter of the Northeast Woodworker's Association. He teaches paddle carving and boatbuilding at RWBS.
Jack Weeks is an experienced timber framer and has built many of the timber frame structures on the museum campus. He is a board member of HRMM and teaches timber framing for RWBS.
Andrew Willner is a longtime woodworking artist with extensive woodcarving experience. He teaches carving and joinery classes for RWBS.
Rowing Instructors
Nelsie Aybar-Grau: Nelsie lives steps away from the Rondout Creek and is a spokesperson for the benefits of rowing. Nelsie had no rowing experience before a friend asked her to photograph the Rondout Creek and the rowers in the Rondout Rowing Club. That experience led her to a passionate pursuit of this form of exercise and adventure. At age 60, she began rowing, and since then Nelsie became a certified coach, instructor, and president of the rowing club from 2014 to 2017. On her own time, she gives private sculling instruction on single sliding seat training boats and provides guided tours of the Rondout Creek and the Hudson River. You can learn more about Nelsie on her Facebook page The Rondout Rower, or her website www.therondoutrower.com.
Scott Johnson: Scott has been a member of the Rondout Rowing Club since 1999. He is a US Rowing Level II Certified Coach and maintains his USCG Boating Safety Certification and has Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid Certifications. Scott has been a coach of the Kingston High School Varsity Rowing program for 10 years, 8 of those as Head Coach and as such maintains his DASA (Dignity for All Students Act) Certification and "Heads Up" Concussion Certification.
Scott has provided coaching services to the RRC in its Learn to Row program, Indoor Rowing ergometer program at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County and Indoor Rowing at the USMA West Point. He also works with RRC crews on the Rondout Creek and the Hudson River, training and preparing for competition. He has brought RRC crews to the Head of the Fish and the Head of the Charles River as well as to local competitions. He has also provided coaching services to the New Hampton, CT High School rowing program.
Scott has provided coaching services to the RRC in its Learn to Row program, Indoor Rowing ergometer program at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County and Indoor Rowing at the USMA West Point. He also works with RRC crews on the Rondout Creek and the Hudson River, training and preparing for competition. He has brought RRC crews to the Head of the Fish and the Head of the Charles River as well as to local competitions. He has also provided coaching services to the New Hampton, CT High School rowing program.