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How to use a Marine VHF RADIO on a boat

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How to use a Marine VHF RADIO [Capable Cruising Guides] This week on Emily and Clark's Adventure, Emily explains how to use your marine VHF radio. This is an important piece of safety gear that everyone should be ...

Why do ships use "port" and "starboard" instead of "left" and "right?"

Unlike left and right, "port" and "starboard" refer to fixed locations on a vessel.

Since port and starboard never change, they are unambiguous references that are independent of a mariner’s orientation, and, thus, mariners use these nautical terms instead of left and right to avoid confusion. When looking forward, toward the bow of a ship, port and starboard refer to the left and right sides, respectively.

In the early days of boating, before ships had rudders on their centerlines, boats were controlled using a steering oar. Most sailors were right-handed, so the steering oar was placed over or through the right side of the stern. Sailors began calling the right side the steering side, which soon became "starboard" by combining two Old English words: stéor (meaning "steer") and bord (meaning "the side of a boat").

As the size of boats grew, so did the steering oar, making it much easier to tie a boat up to a dock on the side opposite the oar. This side became known as larboard, or "the loading side." Over time, larboard—too easily confused with starboard—was replaced with port. After all, this was the side that faced the port, allowing supplies to be ported aboard by porters.

By: National Ocean Service

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Sailboat at Sea
by Chuck Mulholland

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Knowing the proper dock anchoring technique is always the best way to have peace of mind when you leave your boat alone, but also remember to have the right equipment to protect your vessel, this doesn't have to be the most expensive, but the most practical and safe.

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A ship in port is safe. But that’s what not ships are built for.
↠ Be bold, Bold Marine.

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