One boat had to turn out of the way of to avoid hitting a sea doo. Now this year we sorta cheated and went out to watch the fast guys and then jump in the pack when our group came around, I felt we were at a safe distance away but I could not tell you how many people were out too far trying to get a front row seat or the idiots on sea doo's cutting across the water while the run was going on. I read a report before the run that it attracts 30,000 people to the lake for that weekend, more than 4th of July labor day or memorial day. I truly think things definitely need to change at lake Cumberland. So I do not know how any other runs are done across the country. I have only done the Cincinnati poker run once which that year we had to help a friend after he put his 32 skater on its side and was ejected from the boat from a cruiser wake, and I have done the Lake Cumberland run several times.

And as we were heading back just idling in shock we saw them on the shore performing cpr on one of the men. It was a shock to come around that bend and see the boat sitting there it brought my girlfriend and sister in law to tears when we were told that atleast one of the men didn't make it. I was at the run and participated in it this and several years in the past.