Byron Ward wrote:

I always heard starboard comes from steerboard, back when a long oar was
used as a rudder, for steering. So you had to bring the ship up to the
dock on the port side, so that your steerboard didn't hit the dock. And
the steerboard should be on the right, as you're facing forward, for the
(presumably) right-handed helmsman. FWIW.

Byron

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