What a wonderful way to remember our good friend Larry!! Earlier this week, Anne called to invite Ralph and I to the boat show. They was going to be a presentation for Larry's brother which was all a big surprise. Anne wanted us to be part of the presentation.
Buckeye Sports, randomly draws a name of a family that suffers from a hardship of one form or another. This year, the Bouchard family name was drawn. Larry was a good customer of Buckeye Marine as is his brother Jim. Larry bought his boat (a Mastercraft) from them and Jim now owns it. Buckeye sports completely overhauled the boat on behalf of Larry's memory. Jim was totally unaware and on Saturday, they surprised him with the unveiling of a beautiful new Mastercraft, completely overhauled. It was awesome. The boat is lovingly called Carpe Diem (Seize the day) which was the name that Larry and Anne had originally called the boat. It is now a Larry Bouchard, Special Edition. $35,000 was invested in the boat. New seats, heating, lights, video system, sound, tower, you name it, the boat has it. There certainly were a lot of guy's drooling over all the accessories...
How nice for Anne that Larry is remembered in this way. He will live on forever in our hearts.
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