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Port and starboard are easy enough in a powerboat (of the type I am familiar with). Tie up port side, sit on starboard (steer board) side to steer.
But what is most fun is remembering what direction in a channel one is travelling in an area where the channels merge.
Right, all these people with mnemonics and whatnot to remember port and starboard; I just remember that port is on the port side when you dock.
Perhaps for Americans it's harder, seeing as they park on the wrong side of the road.