Phatwater today on the Natchez Gauge is at 47.37′, down from the crest last Thursday at 48.35′, with falls continuing.  We expect to conduct a halph-phat tour before the close of November.  Every year we say we’re going to make at least one run of the Phatwater per month, and every year something gets in the way of doing so, but this year, as with a diaper, we hope for a change.

Go all ye now, to surfski.info, and read the story from our man in New Yo’k, Joe Glickman.  It’s an outstanding read, very peppy, humorous.

http://www.surfski.info/content/view/1156/147/

Oh, one thing I should mention:  Not Joe’s fault, he got bum scoop on the spelling of my name.  It is, in fact, BenoiSt

Phatwater Sub-V knives have finally arrived and will ship by this weekend to those who’ve earned them, but not yet received them.  Ditto for our un-delivered first place category trophies.

That means you, David Adams.

Next year’s categories will be better handled than this past year.  I don’t want to sound like a politician, continuing to blame everything on the past administration, but we got a curve ball a month ahead of the race this past October, you will recall, and had to conduct some dirty dancing just to get our balance, so far as timekeeping and awards presentation were concerned.  But, we expect to have all this ironed out by next October 9th, so, stay the course.