Back in the year 2000, Jim Bochham had an idea. He wanted to put on an annual fall boat race in his hometown of Town, New Hampshire. Lucky for Jim, the town's main

street program was looking for an event that could boost tourism in the area.

It was a trial basis event.

Give me one shot.

I said, and I'm going to make this work.

So he got a group of friends together,

and they set a date, October 21st,

right before Halloween.

All was looking good, until.

It was cold, it was windy and the sun didn't come out all weekend and it snowed on Sunday.

So it was a trial like you wouldn't believe.

Jim and his fellow racers were determined to put on a show.

They went down to the Pescat aquag River and they took their marks. On the announcer's cue, they were off. But the racers

cannot see much of what was happening up on shore. And Fear started to sink in that nobody would show up,

that the first annual Goss Town Regatta would be the last.

But then, cheers erupt.

When I came around the corner with the other four boats, there were 500 people on the bridge

waiting for us to come down the river and they were cheering and horns were blowing and it was a spectacle and boy that people loved it.

Jim won the race that day.

The regatta was a hit and the Main Street program was more than happy to bring it back next year.

Jim can hardly believe it worked out.

And I remember floating down the river in a giant pumpkin boat and saying to myself,

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