Great addition to any vessel
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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.
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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.
Fo you have any mnemonics for aft, fore, stern and bow?
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Shipleft, shipright, fixed
Can't 'fix' hundreds of years of tradition
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Because port and starboard refer to the left and right side of the boat. If you are facing the stern your left would be starboard and right would be port.
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Can't 'fix' hundreds of years of tradition
Nah, we can.
Traditions are just peer pressure from dead people.
So fuck em.
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Because port and starboard refer to the left and right side of the boat. If you are facing the stern your left would be starboard and right would be port.
bort bort
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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/
wrote on last edited by [email protected]There’s a buoy that is supposed to mark where channels join (not shown in the link), but they’re not in use in my area. The channels are a bit like a side road joining up with a curve in the main road, except being a channel the buoys aren’t exactly dense. So, in my case, i can travel in a straight line and the markers switch sides. I remember that one, but there’s another three that are similar in nature that I don’t get to frequently and have to think about. The added fun is that the are is a bunch of channels in a pile of rocks (islands) in a body of water; it’s not like I’m travelling up or down a river.
I have charts, but that would be cheating. also worth observing that the area is not dangerously busy.
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Shipleft, shipright, fixed
But a Shipwright is a job.
You're gonna steer the ship right into some innocent dude!
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But a Shipwright is a job.
You're gonna steer the ship right into some innocent dude!
Port is the place where you park the boat. Starboard would be the side where the stars are. None of these words are specific enough.
