Talk:Starboard

The diagram of ships crossing is misleading. The give way vessel would more safely turn to starboard to go astern of the stand-on vessel. Turning to port requires accurate knowledge of the other vessel's course and speed e.g via radar. This knowledge would not be available from navigation lights alone at night. Of course the diagram shows the ships in near-collision, normally a change of course would have happened long before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.63.151.33 (talk) 02:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

is it possible to interlink the directions together with a section like this as seen in the 'port' page:

Would it not be easiest for Port and Starboard to be merged? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.190.59 (talk) 12:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

IALA Areas
This article makes no reference to IALA areas, which the article on Port does, or the fact that the red and green colors are reversed in IALA area B. Jelloman (talk) 22:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC) It does mention (incorrectly) that "port-hand buoys are "can"-shaped (only in International Association of Lighthouse Authorities region A). Port-hand buoys are can-shaped in IALA A & B areas, it is the colour of the buoy and its light which differ between the two, red in A and green in B. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.56.123.145 (talk) 12:34, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Too focused on night
No one is going to see a red or green light in the daytime. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.175.141 (talk) 07:37, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

meaning
In Dutch starboard is called "stuurboord", "stuur" meaning steer(ingwheel): it could very well be that the meaning is from this word.--DrJos (talk) 19:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Merge proposal
The Port and Starboard articles obviously overlap quite a bit. I see no reason why these couldn't be one article, presumably called Port and Starboard. Jomasecu talk contribs 04:36, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Merge - A quick analysis using the criteria in WP:Merge suggests it meets several reasons to combine and doesn't trigger any of the reasons not to merge, as follows:
 * 2 Overlap – There are two or more pages on related subjects that have a large must overlap. Wikipedia is not a dictionary; there does not need to be a separate entry for every concept in the universe. These articles by their very nature overlap.
 * 3 Text – If a page is very short and is unlikely to be expanded within a reasonable amount of time, it often makes sense to merge it with a page on a broader topic. These topics are relatively short and it is hard to picture them becoming much longer.
 * Williamborg (Bill) 14:52, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Merge - Most of the info is duplicate, save the mnemonics in the Port article and the navigation discussion in Starboard. Both could reasonably be added to the merged article. -173.3.112.55 (talk) 21:40, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Merge - You cannot discuss either without discussing the other. Dlodge (talk) 02:15, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Visual memory aid
Wictionary starts the etymology of "starboard" with Derived from the Scandinavian term "steerboard", which was hung off the right side of the boat. The explanation here only refers to "early" ships. A clear image or diagram of a longship showing the steerboard might make a good memory aid (the verbal mnemonics have never sufficed for me) The best image at longship from a tapestry sort of serves this purpose. A suitable image/diagram with a little explanation at starboard or longship with a cross-reference might be a good addition. Fholson 12:49, 13 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fholson (talk • contribs)