Decimo’s Reviews > Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea > Status Update

"Of late years, the British and American marine, naval and mercantile, have adopted the word 'port' instead of 'larboard', in all cases on board ship, to avoid mistake from similiarity of sound [that is, to the term "starboard"]."

Robert Fitzroy cameo!🙂‍↕️