Shelter Island Ferry

[FNS]

Ferry watchers have another webcam site to look at.  This is at the south end of Shelter Island at the east end of Long Island, New York.




All quiet after shutdown.  I'll let you watch the feed to see this active in daylight.

Best times to watch this is during morning startup and at the final crossing at night. 

The crew usually arrive about an hour or less before the first sailing at 0540ET.  A dark terminal and ferries come to life with lights being turned on.  The gates aboard the ferries get tested before the first passengers and vehicles board.

Out of nowhere, actually somewhere, a third ferry appears and all three work during the day.

It seems that cars are driven quicker at this terminal than those at Martha's Vineyard.

The final trip sails at around 2350ET.  Lights go out and an eerie feeling of darkness takes place.

The camera goes black and white during the dark of night and switches to color in daylight.

Watch, and enjoy!  Don't get too hooked on this, or you won't get anything done!!

[Neil]

Apr 15, 2021 2:11:34 GMT -8 FNS said:

Ferry watchers have another webcam site to look at.  This is at the south end of Shelter Island at the east end of Long Island, New York.

Boy, that has to be just about the busiest little ferry route you could possibly have. Three vessels doing a four to five minute crossing, each of them turning around every ten minutes, if necessary. I imagine the biggest challenge is keeping out of each other's way.

I'm guessing that might be a fairly profitable operation, given the traffic, small crews, and not super cheap fares. Remarkable to read that the operation has been going, in one form or another, since the 1700s.

[FNS]

Apr 15, 2021 21:37:30 GMT -8 Neil said:

Apr 15, 2021 2:11:34 GMT -8 FNS said:

Ferry watchers have another webcam site to look at.  This is at the south end of Shelter Island at the east end of Long Island, New York.

Boy, that has to be just about the busiest little ferry route you could possibly have. Three vessels doing a four to five minute crossing, each of them turning around every ten minutes, if necessary. I imagine the biggest challenge is keeping out of each other's way.

I'm guessing that might be a fairly profitable operation, given the traffic, small crews, and not super cheap fares. Remarkable to read that the operation has been going, in one form or another, since the 1700s.

It sure is a busy crossing. 

From a still and quiet night, unless mother nature puts on an overnight light show, until the first crew car arrives.  Then, all of a sudden, the scene awakens with non stop ferry action!

I watch this on my big screen TV in my room.  I use a little device, which name begins with an "R", and use YouTube via our own wifi.

It's fun to watch big rigs board and watch the pitch movement of the ferry.  There are at least one large and two small school buses that go back and forth on this run.  I often see a father and son come as foot passengers to the island in the morning.

Haven't seen a big storm or epic lightning on this cam yet.

Today, there's a self propelled crane barge in one of the slips.  Must be repairing the bruises the ferries give on the wooden side guides.  Ferries there must manage the tide movements of the waterway.