Carl represented Australia in the 1968 Olympics in the FD class finishing fourth and was Australian Yachtsman of the year in 1968. Carl won the FD Aus Championship in 1979. He was on the 1970 Australian Americas Cup team and was an advisor to the 1986 Australian 12m Worlds team. He was a helm on the 1973 Aus Admirals Cup team.
Pictured below training in Sydney in 1970 for the Americas Cup, Carl in the middle of the photo and Sir James Hardy on the helm.