I am answering in case your question was a serious one, and for the folks who don't know what "port" and "starboard" mean.
PORT has 4 letters. "LEFT" has 4 letters. Port = Left
Starboard isn't 4 letters, so it must be right.
Hey, I had lots of time at the wheel while helping Dad doing charterboat fishing, Dad had to teach me something!
Port wine is red.
I know what port and starboard are. I thought a reference to “left turn” in the context of John McCain was an obvious political joke, but I guess I was wrong.
Thanks for the nautisplaining anyway.
Every morning the Admiral came to his office and acknowledged the presence of his standing staff.
Then, first thing, he would open the locked desk drawer and remove a ratty looking piece of paper. He would observe the paper, put it in the drawer and then lock it back.
One day the Admiral was distracted during the process and didn’t lock the drawer as he left. His underling rushed into the office and opened the drawer to see the words of wisdom the Admiral so much prized.
The paper had a hand printed note: “Port is left, Starboard is right”
Hey, that's how I learnt it too!
I learned from my dad, who is an old salt.
Coincidentally he served aboard the USS McCain, as a radarman.
The only compelling story he has is when they were doing protective duty for Taiwanese ships resupplying 2 small islands near the Chinese coast. The commies blasted the Taiwanese vessel, being careful to not hit them. They were under orders to not stop, and he said he heard the screams of a thousand drowning Chinamen as they passed them in the water, and on the way back there were no Chinamen left.
By "Chinamen" he meant "Taiwanese Chinamen".