On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:42:19 -0500  Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:50:37 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
>> As for port and starboard, welcome to the club! <G>  I still
>> have to use my little "tricks" to remember which is which.  You can go
>> back to the original terms of starboard & larboard, and the L word is to>
>> the Left of the boat/ship facing toward the bow.  Or you can use Port
>> and Starboard and the one with 4 letters is Left -- which also has 4
>> letters.

>While she is sailing off on yet another tack, one might sternly remark,
>and with great prowess, that our crew could naut have expected her to
>understand the hull idea.

Good one Sam,
             Did she say "jib" or "jibe"? Just so Captain Best
doesn't get us turned turtle while I'm counting my fingers.

    Eric

   

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