[norsky]

Crew members who started out as seamen and then became midshipmen, and later, officers, were said to have gone from “one end of the ship to the other”.

Yes, I remember the front part of the ship. That’s where you take the waves, rough. But the officers located at the stern or rear has the poop deck. So, poetic justice I guess.

[xone]

Heads were forward, not aft.

[LonePalm]

This was true during the age of sail. In modern warships, crew berthing distributed through the ship, almost always below the main deck.

Officer's Country is almost always on the main deck or above. The Captain's cabin and/or sea cabin is the closest to the bridge.

On my first ship, I had the rack (bed) closest to the center of buoyancy. This means it had the least movement while underway.

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[teeman8r]

I thought the wind blew from behind a ship and the pooper was at the head of the ship?... the figure head?

What is the correct spot to pot?

[ichabod1]

Yeah bit that just means they are closer to the bathroom. And there is no poop smell because the poop deck is a board with a butt-sized hole in it that extends over the side.