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Date: 2010-10-22 11:23 pm (UTC)So I just imagine that the direction I'm facing is the front of the boat, and then remember that "port" and "left" both have four letters, and then I know that the side which would be port is left, and the side which would be starboard is right. Easy!
(Note: I learned to sail in small craft on the Charles River. Messing up "port" and "starboard" usually meant swimming in water which, at the time, wasn't really something you wanted to swim in. It's much better now, but "port" and "starboard" were really, really drilled into me.)