Positions and Directions in the Ship

This is a simple presentation about some positions and directions onboard a ship.

1. RepúblicaBolivarianade Venezuela
Ministeriodel PoderPopular para la Educación, Cienciay Tecnología
Cursode Inglés TécnicoMarítimo
Caracas, June 2018

2. BowandStern
Thefrontendofashipisthe
1.-bow.When youmove
towardthebow,youare
goingforward.Therearofa
shipisthe2.-stern.When
youmovetowardthestern,
youaregoingaft.

3. Whenashipismoving,
eitherbypowerorsail,
itisunderway.Aship
moving forward is
ahead.Whentheship
movesbackwards,itis
astern.

4. Port and Starboard
Ifyouareintherear
oftheshiplooking
forward,therightside
oftheshipisthe3.-
starboardside;theleft
sideisthe4.-portside.

5. Thefrontrightsideof
the ship is the
starboard bow;the
frontleftistheport
bow.Therightrearof
the ship is the
starboardquarter;the
leftrearistheport
quarter.

6. Amidships
5.-Amidshsips isthe
centralpartofthe
ship, while
athwartships isan
imaginarylinerunning
fromonesideofthe
ship,totheother.

7. Therightcenter
sideoftheshipis
the starboard
beam;the left
centersideisthe
portbeam.

8. Going Topside and
Going Below
6.-Goingtopsideis
movingfromalower
decktoanupper
deckoftheship,
whilegoingbelowis
movingfromanupper
decktoalowerdeck.

9. Windward and Leeward
Windward is the
directionfromwhichthe
wind isblowing;7.-
leewardistheopposite
directionfromwhichthe
windisblowing.

10. Look at the picture of the ship and identify some positions and directions
according to the reading above.