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What is the name for the right side of the ship when facing forward?
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When facing forward on a ship starboard is always facing what side?
right side of the ship
If you were standing on a ship facing forward is what is left and right?
left side is port and right side is starboard
What does 'starboard' mean?
Starboard is the right side of a ship or aircraft when one is facing forward.
Toward the left side of a ship?
...Is "aport": On a ship, while facing forward, the left side of the ship is called "port" and the right side of the ship is called "starboard".
What is called back of the boat?
The back of the boat or ship is called the stern. Also, when facing forward, the right is starboard, the left is port, the front it the bow.
What is the back of a boat called?
The back of the boat or ship is called the stern. Also, when facing forward, the right is starboard, the left is port, the front it the bow.
How many sides does a ship have?
* A ship has a port side which is on the left when facing forward or toward the bow. * The bow is not a side of the ship. It is only forward or the bow. * A ship has a starboard side which is on the right when facing forward or toward the bow. No matter which side, Port or Starboard, your backside faces the ship's stern, not the ship's backside. * The stern is not a side of the ship. It is only the stern or aft. Aft exists only because it follows for as in forward and aft as in after. * There is a topside. You may go topside. You do not outside, you go on deck. * There is no bottomside however you may go below, or even below deck. * In the galley you do not ask for and will not receive a side of anything. You will take what Cookie gives you.
Where is the starboard side of the ship?
The right hand side when you standing onit and facing the bow (the pointy end) "Starboard" is the right hand side. Port is the left hand side. One way to remember this is that both 'port' and 'left' have 4 letters. its the right side of a ship the direction to the right of somebody facing the front of a ship or aircraft Starboard referred to a very visible and prominent feature of the boat, when looking forward, toward the bow of a ship. starboard refers to the right sides.
What is the left side of a ship called?
The left side of a ship or any floating vessel is called the portside, and the right is called starboardside.When facing forward (that is in the direction the ship normally moves) on a ship (towards the bow, or pointy end); the left side of the ship is referred to as port. The right side is called starboard. The back of the ship is called the stern.When facing the front of the ship, toward the bow, the left side is Port and the right side is Starboard.Port is Left was the sign prominently placed on the Captain's cabin desk, as well as at the helm, for landlubbers that were working hard to be real sailors.
What is the back of a ship referred to as starboard stern or keel?
That's the stern. The keel is under water, and the starboard side is the right-hand side when you are facing forward on the water craft.
Is port left or right side of boat?
The side of a ship or aircraft on the LEFT when one is facing forward. An easy mnemonic is "port" and "left" both contain 4 letters.
If you go toward the left side of the ship you are what?
"Aport" because, on a boat, facing forward, "port" is to the left.
