Taken from the Origin of Sea Terms by John Rogers
Fake - (1) One turn in a coil of rope. (2) A verb, to lay out line or chain on deck, for easy running or inspection.
There are different opinions on the term: some say the right word is flake, with which I disagree. Both of these words are used, however, and appear interchangeable. Fake was seen in the XVII century and probably earlier, as it came from Middle English faken, coil.
Down East - Anyone who isn't familiar with the Maine Coast and its waters may ask, "why down'?" Two possible answers: one is that no matter where one is in New England, one always goes "up" to Boston. Another is that to sail across the Gulf of Maine, as to Nova Scotia, the magnetic course is south of east. A possible third explanation is that one sailed downwind all the way, but I would suggest not counting on this.
Deck - What you walk on or what shelters you aboard ship. It formally meant only a covering, or roof, not the modern sense of a platform. The term comes from the Middle Dutch word dec, meaning roof.
Port - In 1846, the U. S. Navy ordered that the word "port" would be used to identify the left side of a ship instead of "larboard" because of the "confusion that arises from the use of the words 'Larboard' and 'Starboard' ". Taken from the Maritime Digest, April 1995.