Port and starboard are nautical terms for left and right, respectively.
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It may also be a place where boats/ships can come in to load and unload cargo/passengers, the equivalent of an airport (for planes). eg The Port of London.
If you are looking forward to the front of the boat (that is, in the direction it is going), port side is on your left.
passing on the port side from behind
the quarter on the port stern side of the boat.
Port side refers to the left side of a boat.
When a ship, not a boat, leaves port it "sets sail."
It is called listing when a boat leans. If the boat leans to port (left) then it is listing to port.
On the left-hand side of the boat
Port refers to a direction. Port is left, and starboard is right. These aren't parts of the boat.
The port side of a boat is the left side, the starboard is to the right.left side
"Port" is the left side of the boat while facing forward. "Starboard" is the right side of the boat while facing forward. The port is the left side of the boat when standing on the boat and facing the bow (the front of the boat). It is indicated with a red navigation light at night or during heavy fog. It is called the port because it is the side where the cargo is loaded onto the ship while at the port before sailing off. Port is the left side of the boat when facing forward. Left and port have the same number of letters is how I was taught to remember it.
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Port and starboard are nautical words used to indicate the left and right side of a boat. Port = left Starboard = right