Do you ever 'boat perv' using port cams?

[Velvetwater]

When researching the port of Tampa for our Legend summer cruise I came across a port cam and the aft/forward cams of the ship.

 

Now I love to watch it sail out of Tampa while I am doing my work on Sunday afternoon/evening. Then looking at the aft/forward cams every so often.

 

Hubby calls me a boat perv and I am worried I am a bit obsessed or some sort of trainspotter type.

 

I only do it for the Legend lol but I often recognise other ship logos.

[FawnRiver]

Just yesterday DH and I watched ships leaving Port Everglades (watching for the Ruby to try and figure out how obstructed our ocean view stateroom is). DH ended up pulling out his Mac laptop and pumping the feed through our Apple TV unit so we could watch it on our big screen TV. We found our room, heard the band and can't wait to be the ones waving for cameras.

 

It was just us and the other 535 people according to the count on the web page watching her come out of the port.

 

 

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[EdmPair]

Well, part of me thinks "boat perv" is a bit much and part of me laughs at it too. I am not sure I can be accused of voyeurism if they put up the cams!! "Your Honour, I am innocent!"

 

Anyway, I have watched cams in ports and on ships many times. It warms me to see sunny places even as I freeze here. All the Princess ships have them and most of the other lines too. In looked at ports, most of the bigger busy ports have cams too. The hard part for me is to see the camera while it is light there.

[FawnRiver]

We don't watch the port cameras all the time (just here and there), but our PVR is loaded with shows about cruise ships (thank you Discovery channel). I call it "cruise porn" which sounds a lot worse than "boat perv". :eek: It certainly surprised my sister when I invited her over to watch on a show about the NCL Epic, which she had booked her first cruise on. She enjoyed the show and the cruise but could have done without hearing me refer to it as cruise porn.

 

Anything to help pass the long, cold days between cruises :cool:.

[Surfguyxxx]

It's a ritual for me to be watching the cams on weekends. I open Miami, Port Canavral and Port Everglades. Then I open CC and I'm set with my coffee watching the ships coming into port. Therefore, I guess I'm a perv too!:)

[sirk25]

Well, part of me thinks "boat perv" is a bit much and part of me laughs at it too. I am not sure I can be accused of voyeurism if they put up the cams!! "Your Honour, I am innocent!"

 

Anyway, I have watched cams in ports and on ships many times. It warms me to see sunny places even as I freeze here. All the Princess ships have them and most of the other lines too. In looked at ports, most of the bigger busy ports have cams too. The hard part for me is to see the camera while it is light there.

 

I agree with you 100%. I really don't like being so far away.

[blackpool belle]

We stood in front of the Carnival Breeze aftcam to wave to everybody at my cousins Silver Wedding Anniversary party which we were missing back home. We decided to he$$ with the expense and phoned them to have a chat whilst they could see us.

[nybumpkin]

When researching the port of Tampa for our Legend summer cruise I came across a port cam and the aft/forward cams of the ship.

 

Now I love to watch it sail out of Tampa while I am doing my work on Sunday afternoon/evening. Then looking at the aft/forward cams every so often.

 

Hubby calls me a boat perv and I am worried I am a bit obsessed or some sort of trainspotter type.

 

I only do it for the Legend lol but I often recognise other ship logos.

Velvetwater, there are lots of us out there. For ports, I'll be found viewing New York (2 webcams now!), Miami, Port Everglades, and Port Canaveral. Earlier today I relived last year's Baltic cruise by visiting the webcams in Dover, Rostock and Amsterdam. At least I'm not frequently on You Tube searching for videos.:p

[Granny1]

Does Tampa have a video cam and if so could you please post the link.. I have the east coast ports at least the ones that have cams but didn't know Tampa had one..;)

[youngestof9]

sorry - I tried to post and it's *** instead of the name.

 

It was an extensive list of port cams, but nothing for Tampa.

Edited March 4, 2014 by youngestof9

[Woobstr112G]

Boat Perv.....:confused::confused::confused:

 

Bob

Edited March 4, 2014 by Woobstr112G

[Krazy Kruizers]

There is quite a group of us on the HAL board that watch the PortEverglades web cam when HAL ships sail-away (as well as other ships).

We love listening to the toots from the ships as they go past the condos.

Westerdam is winning for the most toots.

[Krazy Kruizers]

And many times when the new Royal Princess leaves Port Everglades, she will play part of the "Love Boat" song with her whistles.

[flamomo]

I live in the Tampa area and am a big fan of the Port Everglades webcam.

I would love to have a link for the port of Tampa webcam if someone could provide it. I had no idea one even existed, after living here for almost 25 years!!

[Jillbus]

I'd like a link for Tampa as well. I am sitting here wanting to be a boat perv but can find a web cam!

[BeagleOne]

I'll have to check the port schedule to see when the Royal Princess will be in Port Everglades next!

[runner2013]

I was just 'perving' before I opened this link.. I found a site -portfever.com that shows ships coming and going from ft. Lauderdale, Miami, pt Canaveral, Aruba and Key West..it shows the sail aways from the past and gives the schedules dails for the ships...

[meatball_nyc]

I watch webcams all the time!!

Especially the warm climate ones.

It takes me away from the cold :)

 

 

 

~Robin

Norwegian Breakaway July 2014

Carnival Miracle 2010

Carnival Legend 2006

[Velvetwater]

This old thread has the Tampa cam I watch...2nd post with hillsborough in it.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1694688

 

 

Boat perv and proud!

Edited March 6, 2014 by Velvetwater

[runner2013]

I prefer to think of it not as boat perving but rather boat stalking..sounds so much more tame :eek:

[EdmPair]

I prefer to think of it not as boat perving but rather boat stalking..sounds so much more tame :eek:

 

 

I like that ... 'boat stalking'.

Or if you travel on the right line, it could be Voyeur of the Seas.