[Spridgets] Starboard, larboard and port

[robertduquette at sympatico.ca]

And here I thought the "port" side was where the bar was!!!! ;)






> From: b-evans at earthlink.net
>
> Just to add a little confusion. The etymological origins of starboard is
from
> Old English (400-1100 AD) bsteorbordb, or bside on which a vessel was
> steeredb and propelled by a paddle on the right side.
>
>
>
> bPortb, on the other hand, is a relatively new word. The port side of a
> vessel was originally (c1300) known at the blarboardb, or
> bladde-bordeb or left side of the vessel which was the bloading sideb.
> Beginning in the 16th century, mariners began to change to bportb to
avoid
> the confusion with bstarboardb. Larboard, however, lingered on, even in
> the Royal Navy, until c1800.