starboard or port?

[cruiseulf]

Going från Cape Town to Australia in februari that is more or less due east. The sun will be in the north at noon. Do you choose a balcony stateroom on port or starboard side? I have an idea that you will see the sun all day if you choose port side. What do you prefer?

[sail7seas]

We would choose to be on the sunny side of the ship. :)

 

[paul929207]

Just to confuse matters, we would pick the side in the shade late afternoon.

[CruiserBruce]

Is it really going due east, or is it going up the east coast of Africa, making port stops, and more stops crossing along India? In that case, the ship wouldn't be really going east on a day to day basis, only generally east on the entire cruise.

 

We never pick a cabin based on side of ship, perceived "best" side, or a sun side.

Edited November 21, 2013 by CruiserBruce

[Scrapnana]

Welcome to Cruise Critic!

 

Are you by any chance on Queen Mary 2? If so, you would not get much direct sunlight if you are in one of the sheltered balconies (categories BB and BD).

[Keith1010]

Going från Cape Town to Australia in februari that is more or less due east. The sun will be in the north at noon. Do you choose a balcony stateroom on port or starboard side? I have an idea that you will see the sun all day if you choose port side. What do you prefer?

 

For us it makes no difference.

 

Where is does make a difference is when we sail Asia where it can get very hot in the afternoon and our room can get hotter than what is ideal when getting ready for dinner in the evening.

 

On this itinerary my focus would be location on the deck rather than side of the ship and that would be to be in a spot where we would not feel the roughness of the seas as much as certain spots.

 

Keith

[dorisis]

We prefer shade. We are from Florida where we get plenty of sun.If you are from Sweden you might prefer the sun.

Edited November 21, 2013 by dorisis

[smeyer418]

"posh" meant port out starboard home and was meant to keep the sun out of the cabin....but I am not positive where it was from and to!

[sail7seas]

sorry,

double post :o

Edited November 21, 2013 by sail7seas

[sail7seas]

"posh" meant port out starboard home and was meant to keep the sun out of the cabin....but I am not positive where it was from and to!

 

 

Didn't that apply to Atlantic/European crossings from/to North America?

[mikewrit]

From an online dictionary regarding false aconyms:

 

"Examples include posh, an adjective describing stylish items or members of the upper class. A popular story derives the word as an acronym from "port out, starboard home", referring to first class cabins shaded from the sun on outbound voyages east and homeward heading voyages west.[16] The word's actual etymology is unknown, but it may relate to Romani påš xåra ("half-penny") or to Urdu safed-pōśh (one who wears "white robes"), a derogatory term for wealthy people.[17]"

[baadbee]

Didn't that apply to Atlantic/European crossings from/to North America?

 

The historical accuracy is questionable but I've always heard the derivation of posh as relating to travel from England to India. Port out and starboard home meant you were on the landward side both ways and had a view.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Welcome to Cruise Critic.

I would pick a cabin on the sunny side.