What are the commands to make a turn to the left?

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What are the commands to make a turn to the left?

When steering a small rowboat, you change direction by how you use the oars. To turn left, you push water with the starboard oar (give way starboard) while keeping the port oar in the water to steady the boat (hold water port). The starboard thrust drives the stern toward starboard, which swings the bow to the left, producing a left-hand turn. The other actions don’t produce that leftward change: stopping the oars (toss oars) ends propulsion, banking the oars changes their angle without directing the turn, and preparing to give way port or giving way port would steer toward the opposite side.

When steering a small rowboat, you change direction by how you use the oars. To turn left, you push water with the starboard oar (give way starboard) while keeping the port oar in the water to steady the boat (hold water port). The starboard thrust drives the stern toward starboard, which swings the bow to the left, producing a left-hand turn. The other actions don’t produce that leftward change: stopping the oars (toss oars) ends propulsion, banking the oars changes their angle without directing the turn, and preparing to give way port or giving way port would steer toward the opposite side.

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