In maritime & shipping, starboard means: The right-hand side of a ship when you face forward towards the bow. At night it is shown by a green sidelight.
In Turkish: sancak, sancak tarafı, sağ taraf
How it is used
Used in helm orders ('starboard ten', 'hard a-starboard'), lookout reports and collision avoidance. Under the COLREGs, in a crossing situation the vessel that has the other on her own starboard side must keep out of the way.
Example sentences
Starboard ten. Steady on course zero four five.
The other vessel is on our starboard side, so we are the give-way vessel.
Common collocations
hard a-starboard
starboard side
alter course to starboard
starboard sidelight
Related terms
port sideThe left-hand side of a ship when you face forward towards the bow. At night it is shown by a red sidelight.
helmThe wheel or control used to steer a ship, and by extension the steering of the ship itself. The person who steers is the helmsman.
COLREGsThe International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972: the rules of the road at sea, covering lookout, safe speed, which ship gives way, lights, shapes and sound signals.
give wayTo keep out of the way of another vessel, as the collision rules require, by altering course, changing speed or both. The vessel that must do this is the give-way vessel.
