Used to describe items placed on the outer sides of ships, usually for accessibility and function.

Ship Position

Indicates something that can be reached or used easily from the outside.

Accessibility

Refers to boat engines that are not built-in but attached to the back for propulsion.

Motor Type

Outboard motors are user-friendly and often chosen for their simplicity in operation.

Ease of Use

Outboard motors can be added or removed from boats with ease, allowing flexibility.

Quick Installation

Being detachable, outboards are easier to access for maintenance or repair.

Maintenance Access

In spacecraft, outboard often refers to elements that are external to the main body for specific functions.

Spacecraft Design

Outboard equipment in space can often be replaced or upgraded, much like outboard motors on boats.

Modular Flexibility

 And that's to boost everybody's confidence, to show that you're not scared. Then they give you, "Get ready." Then they go, "Outboard personnel, stand up." If you're an outboard personnel, now you stand up. If you're an inboard personnel, stand up. And then you hook up, and you hook up your static line.

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 I've got this line and the dead tuna head tied to it but the tuna will fall off the line if you just like pull it over the side of the boat so I was reaching over to get the tuna and the shark bit the outboard because I hadn't