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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by compiler-guy on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:36AM (#35624280)
Which makes for some very confusing situations when the river is twisty. There are different places in New Orleans where the West Bank is south of you, west of you, and east of you.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by public_defender on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:41AM (#35624637)
Ironically that city's four cardinal directions of "Uptown," "Downtown," "Lakeside," and "Riverside" are completely unambiguous.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by dmurray on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:23AM (#35624885)
That's exactly because they didn't follow the convention. If they called it the Right Bank, it would always be clear which side that was if you could identify the flow of the river.
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