Captain Kangaroo Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) An interesting (to me) article on the origin of the terms "Port" and Starboard" can be found here: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/the-origin-of-port-and-starboard/ From a different source and as a reminder: Edited January 18, 2015 by Ink I've fixed the url and moved the topic to the "history" subforum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Alvarez Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I always like Quint's explanation of naval terms from the movie Jaws: "Front - Bow! Back - Stern! If you don't get it right squirt, I throw your ass out the little round window on the side!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm not sure where the author of that graphic got the peace sign idea. 'Astern' isn't a big slice of the compass like that. It means behind you, period. The letter 'n' in that graphic is on the starboard quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The graphic is to teach people to read the navigational lights. The red and green lights on the bow are not to be seen from the stern, which is a white light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I wonder how they did the lights at the battle of the Nile? http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk/broadside1.html Bellerophon, Henry D'E. Darby, Captain74 Guns 590 Men Oh, and back then "port" was "Larboard". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The graphic is to teach people to read the navigational lights. The red and green lights on the bow are not to be seen from the stern, which is a white light. Which is 2 points abaft the beam, so you can tell if you are overtaken another vessel (coming up from a direction of MORE THEN 22.5 degrees abaft her beam) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Which is 2 points abaft the beam, so you can tell if you are overtaken another vessel (coming up from a direction of MORE THEN 22.5 degrees abaft her beam) Excellently explained sir, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiQuiet Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 A "left"ennant once taught me: Port = Left = 4 letters Port Wine = Red Wine Everything else is starboard. (Supporting the effort to make the game's social vocabulary mimick the historical language) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hood Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I have always referred to it as larboard (suppose i spent too much time sifting through 18th century letters and battle reports). I know that it is now port but I have just always enjoyed larboard. Mind you that being said I have been told that I sound like an 18th century toff so I suppose it is rather fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I was taught in the Cadets.........................."Have you any Port Left?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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