her right hand side
The green light would be located on the right, or starboard, side of the boat.
The green light would be located on the right, or starboard, side of the boat.
The windward side of the boat is the side of the boat that the wind is hitting. the other side of the boat that is sheltered from the wind is the Leeward side. In other words ... the windward side of the boat is the side that is closest to the source of the wind.
Port
Port, is nautical terms, means left, so when facing the bow, the port side would be the left side of the boat.
When you face the front of the boat, the left side is the 'port' side and with a red light, the right side is the 'starboard' side with a green light. A boat approaching you from ahead would see your green light on the left and red on the right, the same as you would see his lights. Possible collision ahead!
Port side refers to the left side of a boat.
The port side of a boat is the left side, the starboard is to the right.left side
it is on the left hand side of the boat
If you are facing the front (bow) of a boat, starboard will be on your right. If you are facing the back end (stern) of the boat, starboard will be on your left. The opposite side of the boat is called "port" because on boats with steering oars, the oar was located on what we call the starboard side, so the boats would tie up to the dock on the other "port" side of the boat, i.e. the Port they were tied up to was situated to the "port" side of the ship.
On a boat, the right side is the starbord side; the left side is called port.
On the side of a large boat. It's positioned so that if it becomes under water then the boat is overloaded.