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Port and starboard. Port and starboard are nautical terms for watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft, referring respectively to the left and right sides of the vessel, when aboard and facing the bow (front). Vessels with bilateral symmetry have left and right halves which are mirror images of each other. One asymmetric feature is where access to a ...
Starboard. Port and Starboard are a pair of adult male orcas notable for preying on great white sharks off the coast of South Africa. [ 1] The duo are identified as having rare and distinct collapsed dorsal fins and they are named for the nautical terms, as Port's fin collapses left and Starboard's collapses right. [ 2]
Starboard: the right side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of "port"). [ 1] Stern: the rear of a ship (opposite of "bow"). [ 1] Topside: the top portion of the outer surface of a ship on each side above the waterline. [ 1] Underdeck: a lower deck of a ship. [ 21] Yardarm: an end of a yard spar below a sail.
Navigation light. A navigation light, also known as a running or position light, is a source of illumination on a watercraft, aircraft or spacecraft, meant to give information on the craft's position, heading, or status. [ 1] Some navigation lights are colour-coded red and green to aid traffic control by identifying the craft's orientation.
Watchkeeping. Watchkeeping or watchstanding is the assignment of sailors to specific roles on a ship to operate it continuously. These assignments, also known at sea as watches, are constantly active as they are considered essential to the safe operation of the vessel and also allow the ship to respond to emergencies and other situations quickly.
A lateral buoy, lateral post or lateral mark, as defined by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities, is a sea mark used in maritime pilotage to indicate the edge of a channel . Each mark indicates the edge of the safe water channel in terms of port (left-hand) or starboard (right-hand).
A pitch motion is an up-or-down movement of the bow and stern of the ship. The longitudinal/X axis, or roll axis, is an imaginary line running horizontally through the length of the ship, through its centre of mass, and parallel to the waterline. A roll motion is a side-to-side or port-starboard tilting motion of the superstructure around this ...
Tacking: Sailing the craft into the wind from the port tack to the starboard tack. Beating to windward on a series of port and starboard tacks, tacking between each at points 1, 2, and 3. Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing craft ( sailing vessel, ice boat, or land yacht ), whose next destination is into the wind ...