What tire is right rear??????

496BBC · Jul 2, 2011

I know this is simple but I keep second guessing myself

Is it the pass side or the driver side?

Do you stand at the front of the car or the back?

Neal

Rod75 · Jul 2, 2011

496BBC said:
I know this is a simple but I keep second guessing myself
Is it the pass side or the driver side?
Do you stand at the front of the car or the back?
Neal

Just think of it as if you're sitting in the car....that simple.
:drink:

496BBC · Jul 2, 2011

Thanks Rod75

I had it monuted on the pass side than I got to questioning myself

Neal

TimAT · Jul 2, 2011

First time that's EVER HAPPENED!!:rofl::rofl:

phantomjock · Jul 3, 2011

Rod75 said:
Just think of it as if you're sitting in the car....that simple.
:drink:

Then that makes it Port and Starboard!
cheers - Jim

mrvette · Jul 3, 2011

phantomjock said:
Rod75 said:

Just think of it as if you're sitting in the car....that simple.
:drink:

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Then that makes it Port and Starboard!
cheers - Jim

AND Fore /Aft......

that is not a firewall, it's a bulkhead, that is not a hood, it's a hatch....

your turn again......:hissyfit:

phantomjock · Jul 3, 2011

Spray hood? vs windscreen...
Helm not steering wheel

At leat with that method - port starboard - its always the same - looking fore - or - aft. No left/right confusion!

Good joke Gene!
Cheers - :beer: - Jim

mrvette · Jul 3, 2011

phantomjock said:
Spray hood? vs windscreen...
Helm not steering wheel

At leat with that method - port starboard - its always the same - looking fore - or - aft. No left/right confusion!

Good joke Gene!
Cheers - :beer: - Jim

I have a whole bunch of nautical antiques from over several decades mainly near Annapolis/DC region....many photos if you are interested...

email/PM if you want....

GENE

Ozzy · Jul 3, 2011

phantomjock said:
Rod75 said:

Just think of it as if you're sitting in the car....that simple.
:drink:

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Then that makes it Port and Starboard!
cheers - Jim

that is almost as easy to remember as port and steerboard . . .

Rod75 · Jul 4, 2011

phantomjock said:
Then that makes it Port and Starboard!
cheers - Jim

So how do you remember which is port/starboard? Tips for us landlubbers?

MYBAD79 · Jul 4, 2011

you could say "driver" and 'passenger" side to make it clear, but then the brits and aussies are getting it all confused again....

:lol:

mrvette · Jul 4, 2011

MYBAD79 said:
you could say "driver" and 'passenger" side to make it clear, but then the brits and aussies are getting it all confused again....

:lol:

Gotta turn them around......:hissyfit:

496BBC · Jul 4, 2011

This is hilarious,

and to think this all got started by my inability to decide if I knew what tire was the right rear.

Neal

GT6Steve · Jul 4, 2011

Rod75 said:
phantomjock said:

Then that makes it Port and Starboard!
cheers - Jim

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So how do you remember which is port/starboard? Tips for us landlubbers?

Port and Left both being four letter words worked for me as a young sailor.

mrvette · Jul 4, 2011

GT6Steve said:
Rod75 said:

phantomjock said:

Then that makes it Port and Starboard!
cheers - Jim

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So how do you remember which is port/starboard? Tips for us landlubbers?

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Port and Left both being four letter words worked for me as a young sailor.

Yeh, but which color is which, and what colors ARE they?? and what is a white light on a boat denote??

:club:

GT6Steve · Jul 4, 2011

Well thats easy, red is a short word just like Port and left. Greenn is the long word like right and Starboard.

Don't recall a white light showing at sea.....only in port.

Rod75 · Jul 5, 2011

GT6Steve said:
Well thats easy, red is a short word just like Port and left. Greenn is the long word like right and Starboard.
Don't recall a white light showing at sea.....only in port.

Alright, you guys simplified that one, left/port/red. Easy memory relation!
The white light (on civilian boats anyway) at the rear, is known as the 'anchor light'. Switched on during very slow speeds or during anchoring, so others know you're slow/not moving. It's just a 'hey, I'm here' signal to avoid collisions.
Aarrrrr matey!

mrvette · Jul 5, 2011

Rod75 said:
GT6Steve said:

Well thats easy, red is a short word just like Port and left. Greenn is the long word like right and Starboard.
Don't recall a white light showing at sea.....only in port.

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Alright, you guys simplified that one, left/port/red. Easy memory relation!
The white light (on civilian boats anyway) at the rear, is known as the 'anchor light'. Switched on during very slow speeds or during anchoring, so others know you're slow/not moving. It's just a 'hey, I'm here' signal to avoid collisions.
Aarrrrr matey!

from 14' to ~40' ALL the sailboats I ever been on have had anchor lights on the BOW, not the stern....

:huh:

Fuelie74 · Jul 5, 2011

GT6Steve said:
Rod75 said:

phantomjock said:

Then that makes it Port and Starboard!
cheers - Jim

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So how do you remember which is port/starboard? Tips for us landlubbers?

Click to expand...

Port and Left both being four letter words worked for me as a young sailor.

Damn, now your saying we have to learn how to spell too!!!:lol:

Rod75 · Jul 5, 2011

mrvette said:
from 14' to ~40' ALL the sailboats I ever been on have had anchor lights on the BOW, not the stern....:huh:

Sorry sailor, I was referring to power boats.
Never was on a sail boat at night to notice.

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