Puesto por Cesar de la Presilla en Septiembre 05, 2008 | 09:23:14
En respuesta a: Re: Pregunta para los marinos, Esteban???Con Permiso puesto por Esteban Casañas Lostal en Septiembre 04, 2008 | 15:26:19
Hola Esteban: Muy bueno "La paja en ojo ajeno", sobre todo para los que hemos sufrido situaciones similares. Similarly, the term for the left side of the boat, port, is derived from the practice of sailors mooring on the left side (i.e., the larboard or loading side) as to prevent the steering boards from being crushed. Because the words larboard and starboard sounded too similar to be easily distinguished, larboard was changed to port. Esto corrobora lo que me habian dicho, pero seguro puede haber otras explicaciones.
Esto lo encontre en Wikipedia:
The origin of the term comes from old boating practices. Before ships had rudders on their centerline, they were steered by use of a specialized oar. This oar was held by an oarsman located in the stern (back) of the ship. However, like most of the rest of society, there were many more right-handed sailors than left-handed sailors. This meant that the steering oar (which had been broadened to provide better control) used to be affixed to the right side of the ship. The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, literally meaning the side on which the ship is steered. The old English term stēorbord descends from the Old Norse words stýri meaning “rudder” (from the verb stýra, literally “being at the helm”, “having a hand in”) and borð meaning etymologically “board”, then the “side of a ship”. The modern term "steering wheel" comes from the same language root as "starboard" or "steer board".
Seria interesante integrar a los foristas a investigar la etimologia de los terminos marinos, no crees?, seria refrescante entre tanta politica, religion, etc que se escribe en "La Finca"
Por ejemplo, nosotros sabemos que en el mar no existen piezas de repuestos; sino piezas de respeto.??? Tengo entendido que esto se debe a que hace muchos agnos estas estaban bajo el control directo del capitan del buque. Sera asi?
Saludos, Cesar