06-15-2016, 02:45 AM
(06-14-2016, 11:55 PM)Rboe_imp Wrote:(06-14-2016, 08:36 AM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote: ^^^^^. I take it you mount the boat pictured from the right side. Or should that be the Starboard side? If it's on a Starboard tack would you mount it from the Port side. I'm nautically confused.
Cheers
WARNING: this post may indicate that an oil thread has driven me into the arms of Bacchus.
I learned this many years ago when an ex-girlfriends dad taught me to sail (about all I remember now is that it's like tossing hundred dollar bills down the drain while standing in a cold shower......).
Anyway, when it comes to labeling sides of the boat, short words on one side, longer words on the other:
Starboard, right, green (as in navigation lights)
Port, left, red.
Easy peasy.
Funny, that's exactly what I was taught as a teenager (learning on my tiny Bic cat in Newport harbor!), but have never heard anyone else ever refer to it that way!
