The stern is the back end. Astern is 'toward' the stern.
Stern is the back or the boat/shop. Aft is a direction toward the back of the boat. If you are at the front and head toward the stern, you are heading aft.
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The stern is the back end of the ship, the bow is the front end of the ship. Aft means close to or toward the stern of the ship eg Move the luggage aft Forward means close to or toward the bow of a ship. eg Move the luggage forward
Bow into dock at approximately 45 degrees. Then steer right and revers stern to dock. That will slow/stop forward momentum while pulling the stern toward dock.
Hades is known to be dark, brooding, stern, morbid, sometimes depressing, but always just. And he is very loving and passionate toward his wife Persephone.
Stern can be an adjective. Stern serves as an adjective in the following sentence. Mark gave Jake a stern gaze. Stern is also a noun. It is a part of a boat.
Marinka Stern goes by Marinka Stern.
You are looking at the Starboard (right) side of the boat. If you can't see the white stern light then that boat is pointed toward you.
In naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward, also known as a retroussé or reverse transom, angling forward (toward the bow) from the waterline to the deck, or raked aft, often simply called "raked", angling in the other direction. IE: It's the top part of the stern, and the stern is the back of the boat.
In naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward, also known as a retroussé or reverse transom, angling forward (toward the bow) from the waterline to the deck, or raked aft, often simply called "raked", angling in the other direction. IE: It's the top part of the stern, and the stern is the back of the boat.
In naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward, also known as a retroussé or reverse transom, angling forward (toward the bow) from the waterline to the deck, or raked aft, often simply called "raked", angling in the other direction. IE: It's the top part of the stern, and the stern is the back of the boat.