When you put the tiller to starboard (right), the rudder moves to port (left), making the boat turn to ___

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When you put the tiller to starboard (right), the rudder moves to port (left), making the boat turn to ___

Steering effect follows the rudder’s deflection. When you push the tiller to starboard (right), the rudder moves to port (left). The boat turns toward the side the rudder is deflected, so with the rudder to port it turns to port (left). Fore and stern are forward and rear directions, not directions the boat turns in from this steering action, and it wouldn’t turn to starboard because the rudder is not deflected that way.

Steering effect follows the rudder’s deflection. When you push the tiller to starboard (right), the rudder moves to port (left). The boat turns toward the side the rudder is deflected, so with the rudder to port it turns to port (left). Fore and stern are forward and rear directions, not directions the boat turns in from this steering action, and it wouldn’t turn to starboard because the rudder is not deflected that way.

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