1.   I sighted a shiny black object floating fine on the port bow.

2.   He was struggling to get the mainsail up when a huge wave hit the port bow.

3.   In August, the port bow broke at sea when it encountered higher stresses than the designers thought probable.

4.   The port bow was in critical condition, but the starboard bow had also incurred a serious crease.

5.   Like crabs, they claw up the icy, tilting deck to the gunwale on the port bow.