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Sailing Terms

The document discusses port and starboard as nautical terms referring to the left and right sides of a boat when facing forward. Port is the left side, starboard is the right side, and these terms provide unambiguous references regardless of the observer's perspective. The document also explains that port and starboard are used to describe navigational aids like buoys to guide boats into and out of harbors.

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Sailing Terms

The document discusses port and starboard as nautical terms referring to the left and right sides of a boat when facing forward. Port is the left side, starboard is the right side, and these terms provide unambiguous references regardless of the observer's perspective. The document also explains that port and starboard are used to describe navigational aids like buoys to guide boats into and out of harbors.

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Port and starboard are nautical terms for left and right, Can you remember what these

respectively.
parts of a boat are called?
Port is the left-hand side of a vessel, facing forward.
Starboard is the right-hand side, facing forward.
Since port and starboard never change, they are
unambiguous references that are not relative to the
observer.
Bow

The bow of a boat is at the front


The stern of a boat is at the back

Port and starboard are also terms used to describe


navigational aids like buoys, that show you how to get into
or out of a harbour. On your way in the port buoys will be on
A …...................... E …......................
your left coloured (or at night, lit) red and the starboard
buoys on your right coloured or lit green. B …...................... F …......................
The term starboard derives from the Old English 'steorbord', meaning C …...................... G …......................
the side on which the ship is steered. Before ships had rudders on
their centrelines, they were steered with a steering oar at the stern of
the ship and, because more people are right-handed, on the right-
D …...................... H …......................
hand side of it.
When we're sailing a boat we always want to know An introduction to
where the wind is coming from. We can't sail straight sailing terms
into the wind, but we can start sailing from about 30
degrees away from the wind. Each 'point of sail' has a When you first come out sailing you'll discover a whole
name according to the angle away from the wind. new language. This little leaflet is to introduce you to
Have a look through the points of sail below and see some of these new words, and ways of thinking, so you
how the sails are set according to the direction the can get the most out of your first sailing experience.
boat is in and the direction the wind is coming from.
These are the names of some of the big bits of a yacht:

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