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.
Sailing Instructors
Jody Sterling
Jody earned her Coast Guard Captain's License and is a US Sailing Certified Small Sailboat Instructor and a US Sailing Certified Basic Keelboat Instructor. She is a lifelong sailor who grew up racing Blue Jays, Lightnings and keel boats on Long Island Sound. Jody owns a C & C 26 racer/cruiser with her husband and partner Bill Sterling. They race their boat on the Hudson, day sail and do coastal cruising. Jody retired in 2017 from teaching English for 29 years at Dutchess Community College and has combined her love of teaching and her love of sailing to become the Sailing Program Director at HRMM. Jody is also the Race Committee Chair of the Kingston Sailing Club.
Jody earned her Coast Guard Captain's License and is a US Sailing Certified Small Sailboat Instructor and a US Sailing Certified Basic Keelboat Instructor. She is a lifelong sailor who grew up racing Blue Jays, Lightnings and keel boats on Long Island Sound. Jody owns a C & C 26 racer/cruiser with her husband and partner Bill Sterling. They race their boat on the Hudson, day sail and do coastal cruising. Jody retired in 2017 from teaching English for 29 years at Dutchess Community College and has combined her love of teaching and her love of sailing to become the Sailing Program Director at HRMM. Jody is also the Race Committee Chair of the Kingston Sailing Club.
Tanya van Renesse
Tanya is a small craft instructor. She is also boson for the Schooner Apollonia. Tanya studied environmentalism in California.
Tanya is a small craft instructor. She is also boson for the Schooner Apollonia. Tanya studied environmentalism in California.
Betsy O'Toole
Betsy is a level one and two small craft instructor as well as a basic keelboat instructor. She taught sailing for 5 years on Cape Cod.
Betsy is a level one and two small craft instructor as well as a basic keelboat instructor. She taught sailing for 5 years on Cape Cod.
Stephanie Marrinan
Stephanie is a small craft instructor. She is on the committee for the Kingston Sailing Club. Stephanie is a thespian and a teacher.
Stephanie is a small craft instructor. She is on the committee for the Kingston Sailing Club. Stephanie is a thespian and a teacher.
M.J. Reese
MJ is a captain and a basic keelboat instructor. She was an Earth Science teacher and apprentice at the Wood Shop
MJ is a captain and a basic keelboat instructor. She was an Earth Science teacher and apprentice at the Wood Shop
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.