Manchester City ship

Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I always thought it was port, starboard, Forrid and aft?
Not sure how you spell forrid but that's how it is pernounced
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Port and Starboard are left and right hand side of a ship.
It's where the word POSH originates from.
It's when the upper-class/gentry were going to India.
Port Out /Starboard Home.
So that they were on the best part of the ship to keep their delicate white skin out of the burning tropical sun,by being in the shade.
 
manclad said:
In nautical terms that bit at the front (where the name is) is called the bow, or sometimes the prow.
That's what Captain Birdseye told me anyway !!
(10cc song The Dean and I -
"My ship came in with a cargo of dollars
My name's lit up on the prow" )
Here endeth the lesson !!
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Hello sailor!
 
manclad said:
Port and Starboard are left and right hand side of a ship.
It's where the word POSH originates from.
It's when the upper-class/gentry were going to India.
Port Out /Starboard Home.
So that they were on the best part of the ship to keep their delicate white skin out of the burning tropical sun,by being in the shade.
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I thought it was down the west coast of Africa (for the view), India would change a few times.
 
manclad said:
In nautical terms that bit at the front (where the name is) is called the bow, or sometimes the prow.
That's what Captain Birdseye told me anyway !!
(10cc song The Dean and I -
"My ship came in with a cargo of dollars
My name's lit up on the prow" )
Here endeth the lesson !!
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It's a wonderful world when you're holding a dollar!
 
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