Foc's'le - an abbreviation of forecastle
A raised deck at the back of the ship. Is a poop deck
If you are on the deck of a ship at the bow looking toward the stern, the port side is on your left. The starboard side is on your right. This orientation is standard in nautical terminology to help avoid confusion.
A forecastle is the raised part of the upper deck of the front of a ship.
An aftcastle is the raised part of the upper deck at the stern of a ship.
This raised structure is known as the 'Poop' deck.
The front end of the ship is called the "Bow". On early ships many had what was called an "Forecastle" which was on the bow of the ship. This raised "castle" was useful in observing the enemy's decks.
An aftercastle is another name for an aftcastle, the raised part of the upper deck at the stern of a ship.
bow bilge stern deck mast sails keel rigging hull bulkhead
a colonial shipwright is a person who makes the bow, hull, keel, masts, and the ribs of the ship that they made. A bow is the forward part of the ship, the hull is the frame, or body, of a ship, a keel is the long piece of wood at the bottom of a ship that runs from the front of the ship to the back, masts are long poles that rise from the deck of a ship. They support the ship's sails and rigging, and the ribs are part of a ship's frame that run from the keel to the deck.
* A ship has a port side which is on the left when facing forward or toward the bow. * The bow is not a side of the ship. It is only forward or the bow. * A ship has a starboard side which is on the right when facing forward or toward the bow. No matter which side, Port or Starboard, your backside faces the ship's stern, not the ship's backside. * The stern is not a side of the ship. It is only the stern or aft. Aft exists only because it follows for as in forward and aft as in after. * There is a topside. You may go topside. You do not outside, you go on deck. * There is no bottomside however you may go below, or even below deck. * In the galley you do not ask for and will not receive a side of anything. You will take what Cookie gives you.
The Front part of a boat or ship is known as the Bow.
The bow is the front of a ship.