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The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, which means the side from which the ship is steered. Earlier before ships had rudder on their center line to steer them they were steered using the rows. Most of the rowers were right handed, so it was common for the ships to have bigger oars on its right side to assist in steering the ship. So naturally the right side of the ship was called steorbord side of the ship. The ship would naturally berthed on the left side to avoid damage to the large oars on the right side. Earlier the left side of the ship used to be called larboard side, but it was easy to get confused in high winds between starboard and larboard. So larboard side was replaced by port side. In short the right side of the ship is called the STARBOARD SIDE and the left side of the ship is called PORT SIDE.
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What is the opposite of starboard on a ship?
The opposite of starboard (right side) is port (left side).
What is the starboard part of the ship?
As you stand on a ship and face the prow, the left hand side is called Port and the right hand side is called Starboard.
What is the opposite of the port side of a boat or ship?
Starboard
What is the a starboard on a boat?
Starboard on any boat or ship is the righthand side, port is the lefthand side. Port use to be called larboard.
What is starboard and port?
starboard is the right of a boat. port is either where large ships are docked or the left of a boat. the way i remember it is port= 4 letters, left= 4 letters.
What part of a ship is starboard?
"Starboard" is the right-hand side of a ship or aircraft as one faces forward. The opposite side is called "port".
What side of a ship is port side?
Left side - is the port side of a ship. An easy way to remember is that if you stand facing the bow (front end) of the ship your left hand side is the port side, your right the starboard. Left is a shorter word than right, port is shorter word than starboard.
What side of a ship is the port side?
Left side - is the port side of a ship. An easy way to remember is that if you stand facing the bow (front end) of the ship your left hand side is the port side, your right the starboard. Left is a shorter word than right, port is shorter word than starboard.
Left hand side of the ship?
That would be called the PORT side of the ship. Right is Starboard.
What is a of a port of a ship?
Left side - is the port side of a ship. An easy way to remember is that if you stand facing the bow (front end) of the ship your left hand side is the port side, your right the starboard. Left is a shorter word than right, port is shorter word than starboard.
What do sailors call the left side of ship?
port starboard is the right side
What side is the plimsoll mark on a ship?
There is one on each side, port and starboard.
