WIZARD OF HARWICH

The greats of one-design sailing past and present know how and where to find the boatwright of champions.

JOE BERKELEY

Karl Anderson is working in his shop when he stops to answer what should be a straightforward question: How many boats do you own? After a lengthy pause, the 64-year-old responds, “I don’t even know.” Yet the answer can be found with a thorough inspection of the grounds outside the door of Karl’s Boat Shop in Harwich, Massachusetts. What a passing motorist on Great Western Road might assume is just another Cape Cod nautical junkyard has an eclectic collection of vessels ranging from beautifully maintained racers to unfinished projects. Anderson owns a lot of them—some by choice, a few by trade, but most by chance or unpaid invoices. When I pay him a visit, and our discussion turns to an obscure design by Ray Hunt, Anderson perks up. “I have…

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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2023

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