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In medicine there is one obviously very important perspective, and in theatre two. But mariners still need words for relative left and right directions all arou
by yafbum 4y ago
In medicine there is one obviously very important perspective, and in theatre two. But mariners still need words for relative left and right directions all around them, like "the preferred channel is to the left of the buoy" (the channel and the buoy don't have port or starboard sides, and it wouldn't be useful to communicate about their relative angle as seen by the boat's crew).
- mhandley 4y ago>like "the preferred channel is to the left of the buoy" While this is true, we (at least in England) would normally say "leave the buoy to starboard" (though when racing we'd call it a 'mark' rather than a buoy). Perhaps it's habit, I'm not sure, but it's generally unambiguous.
- yafbum 4y agoSame in the US. But only if you were actually going there, not if you're just describing what's around you!
- manarth 3y ago> the channel and the buoy don't have port or starboard sides In the context of a channel, the buoys (marks) are coded port and starboard, coloured red and green, and shaped like a can or a cone respectively. When navigating a channel into harbour, the port marks are left to the port of the ship, and the starboard marks to starboard.
- midasuni 3y agoRed right returning
- manarth 3y agoA nice, solid, memorable rule, which works all the time. Just like "I before E except after C". Except when weird species seize their feisty foreign neighbours.
- roelschroeven 3y agoBut be careful, because there are two configurations for lateral marks, called Region A and Region B, as defined by IALA. In Region A (Europe, Greenland, Africa, most of Asia, most of Oceania) port marks are red and starboard marks are green. In Region B (North and South America, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan) port marks are green and starboard marks are red.