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The right side of a boat when looking forward from the stern
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What is the Right of the boat?
On a boat, the right side is the starbord side; the left side is called port.
Where is the location of the navigating light in the ship?
Navigation lights are fitted on each side of the vess. Starbord (right) is green and port (left) is redi
What should the operators of a motorboat and PWC do when approaching head on?
Assuming neither boat is beleaguered and each craft has sea room, each bears to starbord.
What does larboard mean to do with boats?
Larboard is an antiquated expression for the port side of a boat. If you are standing at the stern (back end) of a boat and you are looking in direction of the bow, the side right of you is the "starboard" (or starbord) side, the side left of you the "port" (or larboard) side.
What is the Firing order of 225hp Johnson outboard?
Starbord Cyl bank is top to bottom 1-3-5 and port bank is 2-4-6. Firing order is 1-2-3-4-5-6. very simple!
What was the swivel gun used for?
The primary use for the swivel gun was during civil and revolutionary wars, the naval and privateering vessels kept these small cannonlike guns for firing wads of grapeshot or small lead balls from the top of the deck rail at crew members on deck on the opposing vessel and the guns were pin mounted to enable rapid transfer form port to starbord rail as needed as they were primarally defensive wepons at the time. There were two types of these guns the first being a muzzleloader and the latter a breechloader however both had the same job with the difference being reload time. As a rule these guns had a bore diamater of around one to one and a quarter inch and were flash fired with a few vairants having a fuse. They were mostly made of brass or bronze with an iron barrel cast into them, weight was between 85 and 150 pounds depending on bore size and vessel placement.
What are the four parts of a ship?
The very common part of any kind of ship is the forecasle where you can found the wrinches, bitts, foremast,and beyond is the anchor that connect to wrinches. by: Crystal e-COLLEGE...(N.I.B.E)
How many people were on the titanic when it left Ireland?
The history of the Titanic and Ireland begins in 1911 with the ship's construction at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was built in the Belfast shipyard alongside her sister ship, the Olympic. The White Star Line owned the ship and intended to carry trans-atlantic traffic between Europe and America. Newspaper notices in May 1911 invited the public to view the completed liner before the launch on May 31, 1911. Leaving from Belfast, Titanic successfully completed sea trials in Belfast Lough during 1912. Hundreds of Belfast men had taken part in the construction of the luxury liner, and there were Irish passengers and crew on board during the maiden voyage. One hundred twenty-three Irish men, women and children boarded the Titanic at Cobh, or Queenstown, County Cork. Most of them were embarking on a new life in America.
What is the history of port and starboard running lights and why were these colors used?
I grew up on the Isle of Man which was settled by Celts and later by the Vikings, and I was taught in elementary school what I believe is the true answer to the Larboard/Starboard debate. It is very simple and I was told the reason by an old seafarer, and by my school teacher in 1943, I still hold it to be true. On the old open decked sailing ships where there wasn't any wheelhouse, Starboard and Larboard were both used. When a storm was raging and the captain yelled to the helmsman either, Starboard or Larboard, with the noise of the storm the helmsmen often couldn't tell which word was shouted, and thus frequently the wheel was spun in the wrong direction. To overcome this frequent happening, seamen and ship's owners decided to drop the term Larboard and call it Port. As Sherlock Holmes might say, "Elementary my dear Watson." Art. Armstrong. More detailed information is probably to be found in Rules of the Road for navigation. Ships traveling toward each other are to be steered so that they pass starboard side to starboard side (much the same as motor vehicle traffic is done in England, Japan etc. Therefore the "running lights: on vessels identify the starboard side with green light visible only from a controlled number of degrees facing the front or bow of the ship. Ships traveling in a head on direction to the first ship know because of the universal rules of the road that their Green (or starbord) light should pass the oncoming ship on the side (starboard) which is visible green. Ships pass oncoming vessels in a starboard to starboard manner. This prevents confusion should either ship's navigator steer a sharp turn to the side. Port (Red) is used on the PORT side and simply means that the ships do not pass port-to-port when they approach each other. Just one quick point the last answer would be correct except that all vessels shall pass port to port at all times. The Red light is called the Port side because port wine is red. The original name for the opposite side was Larboard, but over the years it was corrupted to Starboard. Royal Navy issue seaman's caps, during the last 100 years have had a Red ribbon and a Green ribbon inside the innner lining to remind new men which side is which. The above answer is correct, vessels should generally pass Port-to-Port (both steer Starboard)unless otherwise communicated. Two short soundings of the horn can signal an intent to pass Starboard-to-Starboard. However, I would like to correct the above mention of Larboard changing to Starboard. "Larboard" was actually the name for what is now called "Port." Due to the complications created by similar sounding "Larboard"(now Port) and "Starboard" (still Starboard), a general order was issued by the United States Navy Department in 1846 stating... "UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 18, 1846 It having been represented to the Department, that confusion arises from the use of the words "Larboard" and "Starboard," in consequence of the similiarity of sound, the word "Port" is hereafter to be substituted for "Larboard." GEORGE BANCROFT." Source; -DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 When in the Longboat museum in Oslo I learned that a viking longboat was steered by a large wooden plank called a "steer board". The modern day equivelent is a "tiller" or "rudder". The steer-board was operated by the helmsman facing forward and, since most people are right-handed, he would naturally hold the steer-board in his right hand. Over the years the term "steer-board" was, along with a number of other nordic words, incoropated into the English language and evolved into "starboard". Since the steer-board was always on the right (the rest of the vessel being more or lesss symetrical), the righthand side of the vessle becaome known as the steer-board side. In any event this is a much more romantic explianation and makes it easier to remember the port from starboard! An allied,less convincing, expalation was that the steer-board obscured the view of the harbour when the helmsman was looking right. This meant that whenever possible the helmsman would approach a port from the North or West (the port being in being Scandinavia) so that the port could be seen from the unobscured lefthand side of the vessel hence the "port -side" - nothing to do with fortified wines I am afraid. The latest answer:- Usually,old sailing ships had long masts & sails which disturbed the visibility of The helmsman.In olden days,sailing was done following the arrangement of stars in the sky instead of maps.Because of the the big masts & sails in front ,the sailors thought an idea of arranging a deckextending out on the right side to watch the stars & continue sailing.So one important person on ship used to read the star location sitting on the deck & convey the same to the Helmsman.So,finally the deck used to stand, look at the stars & trace the sailing route is termed as starboard deck.Because of this extended deck on the right side,only the other side of the ship could be brought towards the port and it was named as portside.Thank you,viewers.
