Best Around the Buoys

Cleveland Boat Wins BAB Contest

by Adam Cort, Posted November 22, 2010

Skipper Jim Sminchak of Cleveland’s Lakeside Yacht Club and the crew of his J/105 it prevailed over a strong field in SAIL’s 2010 Best Around the Buoys (BAB) contest and will be heading to Florida in January to take part in 2011 Key West Race Week.

Best Around the Buoys Blog at KWRW 2011

by Adam Cort, Posted January 14, 2011

Inaugural Best Around the Buoys Team WINS PHRF 1 at Key West Race Week! Congratulations to the Best Around the Buoys crew aboard the J/111 Kontiki V, overall winners of PHRF 1 at Key West 2011!

What is Best Around the Buoys?

by Sail Staff, Posted July 28, 2011

SAIL's Best Around the Buoys is a contest designed to reward local sailors for their racing achievments and inspire them to compete in major national racing events across the country.

Texas Sailors Win BAB

by Adam Cort, Posted December 6, 2011

Ryan Glaze and the Texas-based crew of the Melges 24 Gringo won SAIL’s 2nd annual Best Around the Buoys (BAB) competition, earning them free entry in the J/80 class at Quantum Key West Race Week 2012, January 15-20.

Best Around the Buoys Key West Blog

by Adam Cort, Posted January 31, 2012

Keep up with Team Gringo, skipper Ryan Glaze and his Rockwell, Texas, based crew out of Rush Creek Yacht Club as they compete in the J/80 fleet during Quantum Key West Race Week 2012!

Warrior Wins Spot at Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week

by Adam Cort, Posted March 21, 2012

SAIL magazine and a panel of industry partners have selected the crew of the Tripp 38 Warrior as the winners of the Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week (CRW) Best Around the Buoys contest.

Best Around the Buoys at Charleston Race Week 2012

by Adam Cort, Posted April 26, 2012

Get all the updates on Charleston Race Week right here from our Best Around the Buoys Blog. Senior Editor Adam Cort reports straight from the course in Charleston with the latest news and updates on Best Around the Buoys contest winners, Team Warrior.

The BAB Bucket List

by Adam Cort, Posted April 6, 2012

If there were ever any doubts about Quantum Key West Race Week remaining a competitive event, the experience of SAIL magazine’s Best Around the Buoys crew this past January should put them to rest, once and for all.

The Best from Key West 2012

by Adam Cort, Posted April 6, 2012

Quantum Key West Race Week has long been a regatta where cutting-edge sailing hardware and hot new raceboats abound, and the 25th year was no exception. Making their racing debuts this year were Irvine Laidlaw’s Highland Fling XII, Austin Fragomen’s Interlodge and two new production boats—the Farr 400 and the McConaghy 38.

Good Vibrations in Charleston

by Adam Cort, Posted June 1, 2012

The wind gods giveth, and the wind gods taketh away—pity those poor sailors and regatta organizers whom they choose not to favor with a good breeze. Fortunately, both the organizers of this year’s Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week and SAIL magazine’s Best Around the Buoys (BAB) crew, racing aboard the Beneteau Oceanis 37 BeneRound, received just enough of what they needed to count the three-day event a success.