Parts of a Ship
The Left
(4 letters) hand side of a ship is called
the Port (4 letters). If the left
is port then the right must be starboard.
Another way is to remember There is port
left in the bottle.
Since port the drink, is also coloured
red, this tells you the colour of the light on the port side.
The head of the ship is the bow, try to remember someone bowing their
head.
The rear of the ship is called the Aft,
since a ship moves forward normally the rear comes After
the front
People live in a place
called Hull, hence the hull is where the people are on a ship i.e. the
body of the ship
It is not right
for ships to head towards each other. Since it is not right
then it must be left. So to avoid collisions both ships steer to the
left or to port.
