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For better or worse, you cannot make a mistake without someone capturing it on video and posting it online. Everyone these days has a smart-phone and a social media account from Facebook to TikTok. Most folks would rather capture the moment and share it with strangers online than put down their phones and just enjoy it with friends.
Add that with the sheer delight of watching the misfortune of others from afar and you start to understand to the viral popularity of “inlet cams” in the powerboating social media world. You can blather on all you like about how much you enjoy watching a high-performance catamaran, V-bottom sportboat and center console operator skillfully navigate an inlet “like a boss.” That’s very noble and high-brow and mature.
Thanks to YouTube channels such as Haulover Inlet Livestream, you won’t have to wait long to be entertained by someone making a big mistake on the water.
But, come now. You know it’s much more fun to watch eight people in a runabout get swamped by a frothy three-footer.
And if you watch the right inlet cam such as the Haulover Inlet Livestream YouTube channel out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., you’ll see a lot of that sort of thing.
Since the B.C. days when the rake was invented, nothing has been more consistently funny than watching some hapless soul take the handle in the chops because he stepped on the business end of the tool. Comedians from the Three Stooges to Chevy Chase and countless others through history made their careers on that stuff.
For good or ill, pratfalls make people laugh. It’s a time-tested fact.
Livestreams of powerboat operators screwing up are simply iterations of a time-honored comedic formula. And they’re super-cost-effective for those who produce them, as the talent just arrives at no charge and puts on a show.
All the livestream producers need to do is keep the inlet cameras rolling.
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Add that with the sheer delight of watching the misfortune of others from afar and you start to understand to the viral popularity of “inlet cams” in the powerboating social media world. You can blather on all you like about how much you enjoy watching a high-performance catamaran, V-bottom sportboat and center console operator skillfully navigate an inlet “like a boss.” That’s very noble and high-brow and mature.
Thanks to YouTube channels such as Haulover Inlet Livestream, you won’t have to wait long to be entertained by someone making a big mistake on the water.But, come now. You know it’s much more fun to watch eight people in a runabout get swamped by a frothy three-footer.
And if you watch the right inlet cam such as the Haulover Inlet Livestream YouTube channel out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., you’ll see a lot of that sort of thing.
Since the B.C. days when the rake was invented, nothing has been more consistently funny than watching some hapless soul take the handle in the chops because he stepped on the business end of the tool. Comedians from the Three Stooges to Chevy Chase and countless others through history made their careers on that stuff.
For good or ill, pratfalls make people laugh. It’s a time-tested fact.
Livestreams of powerboat operators screwing up are simply iterations of a time-honored comedic formula. And they’re super-cost-effective for those who produce them, as the talent just arrives at no charge and puts on a show.
All the livestream producers need to do is keep the inlet cameras rolling.
Why Inlet Cams Are Viral | Powerboat Nation
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