[OldHarbor]

That’s the starboard side, not the port side.

Yargh ! Avast their matey, methinks you don’t know stem from stern.

We are looking at the ships bow . If you were to stand at the bow , facing forward, if you raise your left hand, that is the port side shipmate, all day long anywhere in the world, trust me on this.

Left = Port. Right = Starboard as long as you are facing forward.

[Elsie]

Left and Port both have 4 letters.

That’s how I remember it.

POSH = port out starboard home (in the days before air conditioning.)