Phatwater on the Natchez Gauge today is 42.9′.  Windy, lots of drift, lots of local rain to keep things well stirred, but will be hoping to make a November tour, perhaps before the Marathon Rowing Championships, in Natchitoches, Louisiana, on 14 November.  This is also a great race.  For registration go to RegattaCentral.com.

Pub glasses are on back order along with the Phatwater Sub-V knives.  There has been some confusion on other items.  The pins were to be sold, as were the ball caps,  but the pub glasses were to be an item we give to each paddler.  We ordered one gross, and we ran short by about 17.  If you did not receive one, we will be happy to ship at our cost.  This will vary but I’ll check into this and find an equitable and hopefully break-free shipping method.  If you want additional glasses, they’re $15 apiece.

We still don’t have a completed results page.  There are many reasons for this, but the primary reason has to do with the individual paddler not providing us with the proper information regarding his/her boat.  As a result, we have to go back through the finish photos to try to determine which boat certain people were paddling.  This takes time.  In one instance, we had a couple listed as  boat #9, but they applied their boat number upside down, so we wound up with two # 6s and none labeled #9.  This is an honest mistake, and we have finally figured it out, but this is an example of why the results are often delayed.  I hope you will all bear with us.

Things are shaping up for the Phatwater # IX, next October 9th.  Mike Worley, of Bowie Outfitters, has been our sponsor for the Phatwater Bowie for the past five years.  He is now passing the torch, so we are currently looking for a new sponsor to take on this most important responsibility.  We welcome any suggestion from any of you who know of a serious collector who might wish to fill this Premier Sponsorship Position.

Thanks to all of you who provided photographs of the Phatwater.  Melissa is digesting them and adding them to the kayakmississippi facebook page on a daily basis.

All for now-KB