Richard and Marie — Match made in heaven and at sea
We do not always recognize our future when it is staring us in the eye or making faces at us from across the way — a fact which Richard Ferris Thackray and Marie Diane Gardner learned at the age of nine. Sometimes when you meet the love of your life it is love at first sight but for them it was love at sea first.
In 1963, Richard took a trip with his father to buy a boat from Bob Keeshan, also know…
