Best Around the Buoys

Best Around the Buoys at Charleston Race Week 2013

by Adam Cort, Posted April 22, 2013

Get the latest updates, photos and video from 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week. Executive Editor, Adam Cort, was on scene following the progress of SAIL's Best Around the Buoys team InfraRed and shares exclusive footage of the regatta.

Charleston Race Week Bigger than Ever

by Becca Oken, Posted April 4, 2013

InfraRed's Bryan Huntley and crew from Sandusky, OH, will be one team out of an expected 290-boat fleet to race in Charleston later this month.

Team InfraRed Wins 2013 BAB Contest

by Adam Cort, Posted March 18, 2013

Bryan Huntley of Sandusky, Ohio, and the crew of the Kelly 28 InfraRed have won SAIL’s 2013 Best Around the Buoys (BAB) contest.

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.

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.

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.

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.