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To: RightWhale

'Aft' is to 'forward' as 'stern' is to 'bow'.


21 posted on 08/26/2006 9:02:39 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sophomore dies in kiln explosion? Oh My God! I just talked to her last week...)
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To: Ready4Freddy

That's what the guy who built my many-thwarted boat said, too. I eventually learned what he meant by starboard and port, although it didn't mean much in the nav section aboard the boat.


26 posted on 08/26/2006 9:05:27 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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