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That may be the origin of the terms "port" and "starboard", but they long ago came to simply mean the left and right sides of a ship, respectively.
by danaris 4y ago
That may be the origin of the terms "port" and "starboard", but they long ago came to simply mean the left and right sides of a ship, respectively.
- fsckboy 4y agoyou are not always facing or travelling forward which is why they are explicity not the right and left sides.