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The only was I can remember which is port and starboard is by thinking about boarding an airplane. The steps/tunnel are always docked on the 'port' side, just a
by tim_hutton 3y ago
The only was I can remember which is port and starboard is by thinking about boarding an airplane. The steps/tunnel are always docked on the 'port' side, just as boats always dock on the port side. The cockpit/bow is always on your left when you board.
- cyberax 3y agoMy shortcut: "port" and "left" have the same number of letters.
- hinkley 3y agor and s are next to each other, l is closer to p than to anything else.
- Yoofie 3y agoThis is the same method I use. I always wondered why they didn't use the cardinal directions (north, east, south, west) or why they didn't use the hours of a clock face to indicate direction. With the clock face, you get even more precision where exactly something happened. Man overboard, 4 o'clock!
- aintgonnatakeit 3y agoThat’d be “3 points abaft the starboard beam”
- j5155 3y agoIn my experience with man overboard drills clock faces are used as you describe. Port/starboard is only for low precision things.
- Niksko 3y agoAnd further, "port" wine is red, and the red beacon light is on the port side of an aeroplane (with the starboard side having green, and white on the tail)
- lamontcg 3y agothe shorter word: port left red the longer word; starboard right green
- dmckeon 3y agoBut if you are working with horses or other draft animals, you work them from the "near" (left) side, and not the "off" (right) side. Next up in directions trivia: shotgun, deasil, and widdershins.
- zwily 3y agoI’ve always remembered it by “port and left both have 4 letters”. It has always worked for me.
- dan-robertson 3y agoI always remember the phrase ‘there’s no port left in the bottle’. Similarly, the port-side navigation lights are red, the same colour as port.
- harry8 3y agoAlways? Ferries are boats, demonstrably not true there as they dock both sides.
- DonHopkins 3y agoAnd "fore" and "aft" are useful to disambiguate the ends of boats that flip 90 degrees in pitch, because the front becomes the top and the back becomes the bottom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvLeK9O7fY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvLeK9O7fY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shPATcV9Dzw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shPATcV9Dzw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxQfQU_hsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxQfQU_hsk
- seabass-labrax 3y agoAn excellent way to remove unwanted crew members!
- tudjvhh 3y agoIt's not true in general that boats always dock on the port side.
- bacon_waffle 3y agoThat'll trip you up if you ever board Tally Ho, her front door is on the starboard[0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpulXX1cros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpulXX1cros