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 grew up sailing on Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York. She went on to sail on her collegiate team in Santa Cruz, California, where she studied environmental policy and economics. She has taught sailing in all four corners of the United States, most recently at the Hudson River Maritime Museum. She is part of the small crew of the sail freight Schooner Apollonia.
Tanya grew up sailing on Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York. She went on to sail on her collegiate team in Santa Cruz, California, where she studied environmental policy and economics. She has taught sailing in all four corners of the United States, most recently at the Hudson River Maritime Museum. She is part of the small crew of the sail freight Schooner Apollonia.
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.
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Stephanie Marrinan
Stephanie grew up on the South Shore of Long Island and has always loved the water. She has been a member of the racing crew on board Skeleton Crew, a Merit 25, for the past 7 years. She has been a skipper for Kingston Sailing Club’s Women On the Water sails each Spring and Fall, 2017-2021. Stephanie is working on her US Sailing Instructor certification and has taught sailing at the Hudson River Maritime Museum Sailing School in 2021. She is involved in the Riverport Women’s Sailing Conference. Stephanie is also the Flotilla Staff Officer of Public Education in the Coast Guard Auxiliary in Kingston. |
M.J. Reese
MJ Reiss grew up racing dinghies on Long Island Sound, culminating in winning the Junior Women's Championship and teaching at a local yacht club. Her interest in boats grew with spending 2 years at the Apprentice Shop in Bath, Maine, building traditional wooden boats and being first mate on their Tancook Whaler (a 32ft double ended, gaff rigged schooner). The lure of the Maine islands continued as she pursued her USCG Captain's License to captain for Hurricane Island Outward Bound both in the Maine Islands and Florida Keys. When settling in the Kingston area, she found teaching for Miles Gordon's Great Hudson Sailing a worthy occupation for over 7 years. However she then realized getting a degree in Environmental Science to teach Earth Science at Kingston High School a worthy pursuit for her family's economic well being. In addition to sailing and coaching ski racing at Belleayre in the winter months, her passion is teaching the Happiness courses that include yoga and breathwork.
MJ Reiss grew up racing dinghies on Long Island Sound, culminating in winning the Junior Women's Championship and teaching at a local yacht club. Her interest in boats grew with spending 2 years at the Apprentice Shop in Bath, Maine, building traditional wooden boats and being first mate on their Tancook Whaler (a 32ft double ended, gaff rigged schooner). The lure of the Maine islands continued as she pursued her USCG Captain's License to captain for Hurricane Island Outward Bound both in the Maine Islands and Florida Keys. When settling in the Kingston area, she found teaching for Miles Gordon's Great Hudson Sailing a worthy occupation for over 7 years. However she then realized getting a degree in Environmental Science to teach Earth Science at Kingston High School a worthy pursuit for her family's economic well being. In addition to sailing and coaching ski racing at Belleayre in the winter months, her passion is teaching the Happiness courses that include yoga and breathwork.
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.