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

Don Unbar wrote:

Hi this is Don from AUS
I have been in the shipbuilding industry for 35 year's, owned a Aluminum
Shipyard for 25 years and didn't know this.
I also hold a Master's ticket to 35 metre and we where never taught the origin
of Port and Starboard

It is purely amazing what you can learn here :-) 

Paul Lamar
 
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