On the ship, I will not stand on a floor, but on deck. The stairs are ladders. When I look to front of the ship, I will be looking to the bow. Looking forward, on my right side will be starboard and on my left will be port. Looking backward to the rear, I will be looking aft to the stern.
Knots means nautical miles per hour.
If you are along for the voyage with me via Cyberspace, you will perhaps have an armchair adventure to remember. I shall try to make it happen. We look outward on a cloudless night at the Big Dipper in a backdrop of other universes and ponder the vastness of God's creation. Then God tells us the earth is ours. We have no need for legal documents to prove our ownership of God's greater world.