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No it is not. Port and starboard are only left and right if you are facing the bow. If you are facing the stern they are reversed (from your perspective). The reason why is to make sure there are unambiguous terms for turning a ship in order to navigate and avoid collisions.
Btw the same rule applies to airplanes. If you are flying and have another airplane flying towards you both pilots must turn starboard to avoid a crash.
This sign looks like it's fixed to the vessel, so it should be correct unless they put it in the wrong place, or someone decides to read it upside down without correcting it in their head.
Pilot here. We just say left and right and don't bother with port and starboard.
Usually you also know in which direction is front on a plane lol
On a ship it might get more confusing sometimes, so I see the reason there at least somewhat
Have you seen the Nathan Fielder special The Rehearsal up on HBO? It's specifically about pilots and how to potentially reduce airplane crashes
I taught flight school at a busy uncontrolled airport for 2 years.
Ah I was just wondering your thoughts on it if you had seen it. Basically he posits that most accidents are due to bad communication in the cockpit and he's exploring at how to better train pilots to communicate
Cockpit Resource Management is a crucial skill for the modern flight crew, especially during higher workload phases of flight. At one point they called it "Crew Resource Management" but altered the branding when they started applying it to single-pilot operations as well. It's not only effective communication with other members of your crew but other aircraft and air traffic control as well.
You should check it out, it's ostensibly a comedy show but it's much more....I dunno, human experience exploration? He's got a bunch of reenactments of actual final logs from downed flights and the conversations recovered from the black box. Crazy what some of the pilots say
I mean you lost me at "HBO."
I stand corrected.
But yes, in the semi-rare event you find yourself approaching another aircraft of the same maneuverability head-on, you are to both avoid the collision by turning right.
I saw a training video about that, that's how I know.
104 comments on how to memorize starboard and port as right and left.
I have an even better way to know : Just fucking remember it.
It's not that difficult.
Good idea. Just fucking remember it. JFRI. Jerry Fixes Ruined Items. Got it.
Is no-one gonna mention the inconsistent formatting of the signs underneath? Just me?
I think it gives character, which is in opposition to the 'black and white mono spaced thing' above it making the joke even funnier
Port and left have the same number of letters, so that works in a pinch.
This is how I first (and still) remember the difference.
Did you ever hear about the bishop of Norwich? He always passes his port to the left.
I memorized the following: "Port wine is red, and none is left in the morning"
Therefore Port - Left and Red and the other "Starboard" is Right and Green.
red and left - both short words. port and left - both short words.
right and green - both long words. starboard and right - both long words.
PORT is the spirit that's LEFT in the cupboard after the party
a STARBOARD would be RIGHT under your feet in space if it hasn't floated away
Excellent!
I always remember it by the anagram in letters
P.S. port starboard
Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
Between "port" "starboard" "right" and "left" only two of the words have the same number of letters.
Left = Port
For the once per year I have to think about this, that's my mnemonic.
"Port" and "left" both have four letters. "Starboard" is the other one.
Learned that trick a few years ago and have not forgotten since.
It took me until this year to realize the port and starboard referred to what the ship was touching when docked. The left side goes to the port, the other side faces the stars.
I felt so dumb that I had completed Black Flag 3 times and never picked up on this.
Port used to be called larboard, and starboard is called that because it comes from middle English for "steering side", essentially. Not actually anything to do with stars. But the port thing is true, they had to dock to port on the left because of the steering oars.
Port and starboard are easy enough in a powerboat (of the type I am familiar with). Tie up port side, sit on starboard (steer board) side to steer.
But what is most fun is remembering what direction in a channel one is travelling in an area where the channels merge.
Right, all these people with mnemonics and whatnot to remember port and starboard; I just remember that port is on the port side when you dock.
Perhaps for Americans it's harder, seeing as they park on the wrong side of the road.
