The document defines key terms used to describe the parts and positions of a ship. It explains that the front of a ship is the bow and the back is the stern. It describes port and starboard sides as well as positions like amidships, topside, below, windward and leeward. The document includes a diagram of a ship labeling these parts to help identify locations according to the definitions provided.

1. República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología
Curso de Inglés Técnico Marítimo
Caracas, June 2018

2. Bow and Stern
The front end of a ship is the
1.-bow. When you move
toward the bow, you are
going forward. The rear of a
ship is the 2.-stern. When
you move toward the stern,
you are going aft.

3. When a ship is moving,
either by power or sail,
it is underway. A ship
moving forward is
ahead. When the ship
moves backwards, it is
astern.

4. Port and Starboard
If you are in the rear
of the ship looking
forward, the right side
of the ship is the 3.-
starboard side; the left
side is the 4.-port side.

5. The front right side of
the ship is the
starboard bow; the
front left is the port
bow. The right rear of
the ship is the
starboard quarter; the
left rear is the port
quarter.

6. Amidships
5.-Amidshsips is the
central part of the
ship, while
athwartships is an
imaginary line running
from one side of the
ship, to the other.

7. The right center
side of the ship is
the starboard
beam; the left
center side is the
port beam.

8. Going Topside and
Going Below
6.-Going topside is
moving from a lower
deck to an upper
deck of the ship,
while going below is
moving from an upper
deck to a lower deck.

9. Windward and Leeward
Windward is the
direction from which the
wind is blowing; 7.-
leeward is the opposite
direction from which the
wind is blowing.

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