The second 1,000 Islands Charity Poker Run is in the books, https://speedonthewater.com/in-the-n...-afternoon-leg.

In the books as one of the best ever runs, sad that Mr. BT had to show up, strut in and make it look like he was a part of it.
I know where of I speak, the PRA on line comments were way out of line and not founded in anything even close to reality.

You Sir should be ashamed of yourself. Perhaps if you got your chit together you could attract more than half a dozen boats to one of your runs. These organizers raised more money from a beer cooler than you likely raised for charity in the last decade. Might ask yourself WTF am I doing wrong.

The above pretty much covers it.

Interesting comments. Nice to see the money going to charity.

Bump.

This needs to stay up here.

edited... thanks Cash.

As it was explained to me:

Employees(owners) of PRA showed up with two boats to the run. They Attended the Captain's meeting and breakfast in full PRA attire. All of this without registering for the run or contributing in any way. They then proceeded to the course and made an obvious attempt to appear involved. At least 1(maybe both) PRA boats were nearby when a participating V took a bad wave in the congested and speed restricted(30mph)area of the river. One person was thrown into the water and one went in to assist. Rather than offer aid and assistance the PRA people took the time to post on multiple social media platforms that the boat had struck a waverunner and killed a person, possibly more, and blamed the number of participant boats and organizers. It was shared and mis-reported may more times in a matter of minutes.

Although the post was eventually removed the ramifications went long after the situation was clarified. Even to the point of hotel staff asking me/us about the "deaths" later that evening and if the run would continue in future years. There is much more but this surely gets the point across.

That sums it up pretty well Cash. Is that where the blame game started with the incident? That part was ridiculous to try and place blame on anyone for what happened out there. I heard about some serious allegations being thrown around. Too many were very quick to point fingers without knowing what really happened. There are multiple videos that show the incident. As unfortunate as it was that someone got hurt and such a beautiful boat got damaged, everyone was following the pace boat, getting up to speed just outside of the 30mph zone. While no one was free of fault as stated clearly in the drivers meeting, that area was to be a single file line. No one is to blame either.
Its a shame that someone has to come and try and create chaos in an event that without a doubt is and will continue to be one of top events to attend every year.