I can how this could turn into a “Who’s on first?” conversation lol

Cannot be explained more clearly! I like that model you've made. Very creative and simple. Can even be made on spot on the riverbed if one need to explain something. And the next time that I am not sure if it is the river or me that is spinning wildly around I will remember your words. It is me, not the river! 😄

That was very well explained...i like the visual with the model, that made it much easier to get

River Left and River Right seems self explanatory to me. It is from the River's point of view. River's right. River's left. People had questions about this? haha You do a fantastic job of explaining it.

In my neck of the woods. Standing on the river bank facing the river flow you point your down stream arm in the direction of the river flow. Lift arm means left bank, right arm means right bank. I live on the right bank of the White River.

Great explanation Lisa, especially your last statement, "You change direction not the river".

A simple but great explanation.

I think your last sentence clarified it. Well done. I can see how this could be confusing to a large group of people who thought they understood what you were telling them at the beginning of the trip. River right river left down stream only up stream has changed nothing. Got it.

I'm impressed. You went all the way in with that 3D board! In fact it's simple: river Right, river left is always in consideration of Downstream, whatever the direction you are going. Well... that depends if you collected mushrooms and ate them without the proper knowledge...

From now on I think I'll just eddy out in middle river.

Now toss in some dyslexia and clear as mud. I suffer with it at times mostly turning nuts and bolts upside down. River sides really aren't a problem as long as I don't think about it too much. then there are the little D's and B's why did they even do that?!

If you want to see even more confused faces, try to explain river right using "port" and "starboard " 😂