Talk:Starboard

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looks to me that the steering board was on the right side of a ship, not necessarily the sailor handling it.

[edit] Stearing oar.

The hinge of the stearing oar would be on the right side of the ship.

If it is a narrow ship, the oarsman might then be on the left side of the ship, with the oar tucked under his right arm.

If the ship is reasonably wide, the oarsman would be on the centre-to-right side of the ship.

Tabletop 02:08, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

The diagram of ships crossing is misleading. The give way vessel would more safely turn to starboard to go astern of the stand-on vessel. Turning to port requires accurate knowledge of the other vessel's course and speed e.g via radar. This knowledge would not be available from navigation lights alone at night. Of course the diagram shows the ships in near-collision, normally a change of course would have happened long before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.63.151.33 (talk) 02:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)