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The "port side," or left side of the vessel, facing forward, at least on Gor, and perhaps on Earth, may have received its name from keeping harbor buoys to one's left as the port is entered. - (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 30, Sentence #23)

The dragons of Torvaldsland, for example, are square-rigged. Too, they have a single rudder, the "steering board," which is located on the right side of the vessel, as one faces forward. On Earth vessels of centuries ago the "steering board" on the right side, as one faces forward, apparently gave rise to the expression "starboard". The "port side," or left side of the vessel, facing forward, at least on Gor, and perhaps on Earth, may have received its name from keeping harbor buoys to one's left as the port is entered. This custom regulates harbor traffic, before a berth is reached. Leaving the port, of course, as one is reversing direction, the same line of buoys is once again on the left. This may be a mariner's tradition brought from Earth. - (Swordsmen of Gor)