The tailor of Pantai Besar
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Sun 18 Aug 2013 08:33
Besar means big in Bahasa Indonesia but I don't think the name of the anchorage translates as 'big panties'. Be that as it may...
Today I have been proving conclusively that tailoring/sail repairing is not in my genes! After five hours I've mended half the rip and as 'mad dogs and tailors' ought not to be in the midday Sun I took a break at 1230 and am about to restart now (1630). Speaking of genes, my birth mother was a hairdresser (as was the chap assisting her at the conception). I've been trying to live that down ever since. OK OK, I've met some fine hairdressers in my time but maybe it explains why I always do the unconventional. Or not, who knows!--