Starboard Side?

[xxangelxx]

Can someone please tell me where the starboard side is and what does it actually mean (starboard) and the other names of places on the ship..like what the front and back are called..Etc..Thanks

[greatdanemom]

If you're standing on the ship, facing the front of the ship, the side of the ship to your right is the starboard. To your left is the port. Behind you is the stern or aft. In front of you is the bow.

[klfrodo]

As you're standing in the middle of the ship facing the pointy end (bow).

the PORT side is on your left (port = 4 letters left = 4 letters)

 

STARBOARD is on your right and the back of the ship is called AFT

[old hippy]

port side used to be larbord, but was changed over the years.

 

old navy guy here

[FritzG]

Another memory tip--you LEFT Port when you sailed.

[MichCook]

Port side is the side with land when you are docked and starboard is the other side

 

Is this always true?

[julieanne]

Is this always true?

LOL, no :D

[Sundagger]

Is this always true?

 

Madamcruisequeen should have included about 100 smilies to indicate it was a joke.:) :) :)

[Vampire Parrot]

Port is the preferred drink of many Captains.

Starboard is the nautical term for the theatre's stage, i.e. Star Board.

Bow is what a junior officer should do when meeting the Captain.

Stern is the look the captain will give the junior officer if they don't bow.

 

:rolleyes:

[chasetf]

Can someone please tell me where the starboard side is and what does it actually mean (starboard) and the other names of places on the ship..like what the front and back are called..Etc..Thanks

Here is the real definition and source of port / starboard

 

The origin of the term comes from old boating practices. Before ships had rudders on their centerline, they were steered by use of a specialized oar. This oar was held by an oarsman located towards the stern (back) of the ship. However, like most of the rest of society, there were many more right-handed sailors than left-handed sailors. This meant that the right-handed sailors holding the steering oar (which had been broadened to provide better control) used to stand on the right side of the ship. The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, literally meaning the side on which the ship is steered. The old English term steorbord descends from the Old Norse words stýri meaning “rudder” and borð meaning “side of a ship”. The modern term "steering wheel" comes from the same language root as "starboard" or "steer board".

 

Similarly, the term for the left side of the boat, port, is derived from the practice of sailors mooring on the left side (i.e., the larboard or loading side) as to prevent the steering boards from being crushed. Because the words larboard and starboard sounded too similar to be easily distinguished, larboard was changed to port.