Hi PD's......here is a posting from Model Mayhem...& I am attempting to help Captain Jimmy...would it be possible to get an image of the vessel with the side rudder from our random images?.....Derek
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This is a very informative & educational posting Captain Jimmy .....thank you
"Many years ago British and Europen ships had side rudders ( like Viking ships) not rudders hung on the stern like today the rudder was hung on the right hand quarter and this was known as the steer board side of the ship over the centuries it got corrupted to starboard side ... because seaman did not wish to damage the rudder they used to tie up in harbour and lay along side on the opposite side and this was called the layaboard side --- It became corrupted to larboard side and some time in the 16th /17th century it became the port side (the side to be to the port or harbour) as a point of interest most modern single screw ships still prefer to go port side too as the transverse thrust of the propeller aids them to do it"
In our Paddleducks web site we have random opening images & one is of the same medival vessel with the rudder on the STDB side
I will ask our new PD controller/moderators if we can get access to the PD random opening images [files] ... & provide this back.......Derek
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