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When on board and facing the bow of a boat where is the port side?
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∙ 13y ago
Port is left.
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Where is the port side when on board and facing the bow of a boat?
Port is left.
When on board and facing the bow on a boat were is the port side?
Port, is nautical terms, means left, so when facing the bow, the port side would be the left side of the boat.
When on board and facing a bow of a boat where is the port side?
To your left
When on board and facing the bow of a boat where is the port?
The port, or larboard side of a boat is on the left as you face the bow. The right side is to starboard.
When on board and facing the bow of the boat where is the port?
The Bow is also the front. If you face the bow, port side is on the left.
Where does the star board part of the boat face?
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 on board and facing the front of a boat where is the star board side?
When facing towards the bow, starboard is on your right (colour is green), and port is on your left (colour is red).
When on board and facing the front of the board where is the starboard located?
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.
When on board facing the bow of a boat when is the port side?
left remembered by port and left having four letters also ending in t the other side is starboard
When on board facing the bow of a boat where is the port side?
left remembered by port and left having four letters also ending in t the other side is starboard
When on board and facing the bow of the boat where is port side?
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 starboard side?
When on board and facing the front of the boat where is the stern
