From: utzoo!decvax!minow
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: POSH, once more
Article-I.D.: decvax.425
Posted: Mon Mar  7 18:42:17 1983
Received: Tue Mar  8 02:54:28 1983

As noted, it means "Port Outbound, Starboard Homebound".  The
reason was this puts the stateroom on the North side of the
ship during the entire voyage.  This would be significantly cooler
than the sunny South side.  (Outbound was Easterly from England to
Africa, India, and the Orient.)

Martin Minow
decvax!minow