⚓ The Legendary · True Tales · Episode IX
The World's Most Honest Liar
Completely Factual Maritime Adventures
★ Story Text ★
Nongsa Point Marina. Batam.
A man who said he had never told a lie.
Cap'n Davo believed him for approximately four minutes.
Finnigan lasted two.
The stories, however, were extraordinary.
Everyone agreed on this.
Whether any of them were true is a separate matter entirely.
Another perfect evening.
Episode Notes
At Nongsa Point Marina, over an undisclosed number of Bintangs and a navigation chart that nobody was consulting for navigation, Cap'n Davo encountered a man with extraordinary stories and an even more extraordinary relationship with the truth. The Jade Lion watched. The map went unread. The Bintangs disappeared at a rate inconsistent with responsible decision-making.
★ Completely True Facts ★
Nongsa Point Marina is one of the closest Indonesian marinas to Singapore — roughly 30 minutes by fast boat.
The Bintang beer brand has been brewed in Indonesia since 1929 and is considered a cultural institution across the archipelago.
In maritime tradition, a "yarn" is a tall tale told at sea. The taller the yarn, the better the sailor is assumed to be at telling them.
