Great addition to any vessel
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Are we returning or leaving? Where did the channel end and the new one begin? I go through that enough for it to be a problem, but not enough to remember where they switch direction.
If you don’t know if you’re returning or leaving in a channel you really shouldn’t be there to begin with
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I still remember the pneumonic for “pool” in Spanish that a high school classmate came up with: La Piscina — Piss in a pool.
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Between "port" "starboard" "right" and "left" only two of the words have the same number of letters.
Left = Port
For the once per year I have to think about this, that's my mnemonic.
A related more general mnemonic works for the running lights too. Red has fewer letters than green, so it goes with left which has fewer letters than right and port which has fewer letters than starboard.
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This is one the few things I can remember and I have literally no use for it.
I remember it but then question myself
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You could just imagine "PS", but I guess piss helps.
I guess piss helps
That's actually rarely the case in my experience. Generally, I mean.
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Are we returning or leaving? Where did the channel end and the new one begin? I go through that enough for it to be a problem, but not enough to remember where they switch direction.
Because the other response was less than helpful, and I was curious myself, I found this great page!
It explained a few types of markers and how to interpret them
https://www.boaterexam.com/navigationrules/aids-to-navigation/
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It took me until this year to realize the port and starboard referred to what the ship was touching when docked. The left side goes to the port, the other side faces the stars.
I felt so dumb that I had completed Black Flag 3 times and never picked up on this.
Why would the stars only be to the right? Would the ship start tilting when you haul all the loot into port?
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Red right return
Instructions unclear
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That's why it isn't right or left. That would be confusing.
Port is always left facing foward on the ship. It's on the right when looking towards the rear.
for the same reason we have forward (forward) and aft (back)... oh wait
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Because left and right are relative, port and starboard are absolute.
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"Port" and "left" both have four letters. "Starboard" is the other one.
Learned that trick a few years ago and have not forgotten since.
Starboard is right because it has two "r"s is how I was told
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Port and starboard are in relation to the ship while left and right are in relation to the person
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Because left and right are relative, port and starboard are absolute.
Or to be more specific. Left and right are ambiguous because of the missing reference frame. It could be my left, your left or the left of the ship.
Port and starboard are always left and right in the reference frame of the ship.
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Port used to be called larboard, and starboard is called that because it comes from middle English for "steering side", essentially. Not actually anything to do with stars. But the port thing is true, they had to dock to port on the left because of the steering oars.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]In German it's still "Steuerbord", "Steering board"
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The problem is that left and right are different depending on which direction you're facing on the ship.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]When trying to find which is which, you will know that your mnemonic is about left/right relative to the ship. The distinction between left/right and port/starboard is only needed because when communicating to others, you would need to set the reference frame.
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Not a captain, so i can?
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Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
Imagining a ship at port works for me, since then i can remember which side faces towards the port
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Or to be more specific. Left and right are ambiguous because of the missing reference frame. It could be my left, your left or the left of the ship.
Port and starboard are always left and right in the reference frame of the ship.
Shipleft, shipright, fixed
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Shipleft, shipright, fixed
I guess in emergencies on the water it needs to not look too much alike when you say it.
And also that smug feeling when you know it and someone else is out of the loop.
