Its members are active competitors in Finn, Viper 640, 420, Fish class sloop,[1] Flying Scot, Laser, Optimist, Sunfish, PHRF and Portsmouth class events.

As one of four sailing clubs on Mobile Bay, BucYC hosts the Dauphin Island Race once every three years.

In 2007 it hosted the 87th annual Sir Thomas Lipton Inter-Club Challenge sailboat race, an Olympic style GYA racing event for sailors of Flying Scot dinghies.

They "...incorporated features of the New England Sharpie and some of the Biloxi Cat--the straight lines and chine of the Sharpie, the wide beam and low free-board of the Cat..." as well as a vee bottom, lead keel and gaff rigged sail.

[5] Karl's mother, Amy Champman Kleinschrodt, has won the coveted Adams Cup 4 times, in 1977, 1980, 1997, and 2009.