On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:47:24 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 03/19/2018 01:13 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Yes that's confusing in the UK, when I go canoeing on the Caledonian
canal, boats coming the other way try to pass me on the right, but since
I'm in the UK, I keep thinking it's left. I usually just wait to see
which way they go.

I believe oncoming boats pass portside to portside universally. That's
the left side when you're facing the pointy end.

But, but, but, canoes have two pointy ends!