left
remembered by port and left having four letters also ending in t
the other side is starboard
Port is left.
Port, is nautical terms, means left, so when facing the bow, the port side would be the left side of the boat.
To your left
The port, or larboard side of a boat is on the left as you face the bow. The right side is to starboard.
Port is left.
The Bow is also the front. If you face the bow, port side is on the left.
Facing forward, starboard is the right side of the boat. (the steering board (rudder) used to go on the right, so the left side was the port side)
When facing towards the bow, starboard is on your right (colour is green), and port is on your left (colour is red).
Facing the front (bow) of the boat, starboard is to your right, port to your left. Long ago, boats were steered with a steering oar mounted on the right rear. That "steer board" on the right would be in the way when a ship docked, so it docked on the left side. That was where you got off the boat- when in "port". On the port side.
left remembered by port and left having four letters also ending in t the other side is starboard
To your left. It's the side that (in times long past) you would put into port ... so that you wouldn't bang your rudder - the steering board - which was hung on the starboard (right) side.
When on board and facing the front of the boat where is the stern