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Description: | If you choose to take an outing with friends on a boat, you might want to know where to go if the captain suggests that you take a look off the port side of the boat to see some aquatic wildlife or if he suggests taking a breather on the boat seats that line the starboard side. Boats were once steered through a large oar on the right side and that side became known as starboard from an Old English word. Since the oars were on the right, the other side of the boat, the left, was always parked along the port and that side became known as port side. |
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