The “stern” is the official term for the rear part of a boat. The “transom” is the flat surface at the back, but the overall back end is called the stern. “Astern” means behind the vessel, and “bow” is the front.
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Transome: a type of stern Stern: stern Astern: a stern Bow: Not a stern
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I build parts for ships, I'd like all of upper management to be able to answer questions like these before giving them any power to delegate work.
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The stern frequently features a shuttlebay, and/or an aft photon torpedo launcher. Some designs may also include rear phaser banks.
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Navy seamen explaining how they will traumatise their marines:
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The transom is the rearmost "part" of the boat. If you had omitted the word "part" I would have said stern.
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To be completely fair, the rear part of a ship is a stern, even if it isnt called astern
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Fun fact: singlish has the word "gostan" meaning "reverse / backwards" which derived from British sailors who would order boats to "go a stern"
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The transom is the part of the boat at its Stern end where you mount the outboard motor.
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"Get to the back of the boat!" Tom said sternly. The next question should be the correct spelling of bosu...bos'...boatsw... cargo and rigging guy.
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