Back in 1985 when at one of our Sea Cadet Corps National Sailing regattas the adult instructors organised a race called the 'All Comers Race'. This was arranged at the end of the National event and gave the instructors and adult organisers a chance to have a race for themselves.

When the Toppers came in and the National Regatta got larger, the 'All Comers Race' was squeezed out due to lack of time.

Following one of the Sea Cadet event review sessions; which happen after every National event, they pleaded with me to restart the event, and it was decided to move it to the end of the sailing season to give everyone a chance to take part, and so the 'Open Bosun' race was born.

When I retired in 1995 John Chambers replaced me as Headquarters Staff Officer Boats and we continued to run the event together.

John has since retired and the Sea Cadet Corps no longer has the time to devote to this event and so John and I tried to continue it on our own.

Last years 2006 event was very successful and we are delighted that the race appears to have regained the enthusiasm and numbers to take it forward again for another year. We look forward to seeing familiar and new faces in September 2007.

We now have a website kindly set up by Chris Biglin, where you can download posters and race entry forms and look at photographs of the event taken over the years.

We always are on the lookout for any ideas or additional members for the committee so please contact us anytime with your thoughts.