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    Cheryl Thomas

    A lighthouse marks the confluence where Rondout Creek joins the Hudson River and tidal and river currents play tag.
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    Invisible flow

    Seeing current requires GPS and a knotmeter Issue 107 : Mar/Apr 2016 I grew up sailing on a lake in upstate New York on a 16-foot hand-built wooden sloop. No tides. No currents. Only wind. No instrume...

    Cheryl Thomas
    April 23, 2026
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