Stamets@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 12 days agoGreat addition to any vessellemmy.worldimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1857arrow-down12
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minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·12 days agoPort 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.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoRight, 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.
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.