Manly, January 16.-19.
The 2003 New Zealand nationals and Worlds qualification took place in Manly, just north of Auckland on the Hauraki Gulf.
While the first three races were dominated by light shifty gradient winds, the last two days saw light sea breeze.
In all these light conditions Ben was one of the fastest and handeled the conditions well enough to became New Zealand Champion 2003.
Ben won also the practice race.
thanks to the Wood family, there was always enough food in the evenings.
| Pos | Sailno. | Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 511 | Ben Morrison | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 27,4 |
| 2 | 517 | Paul Rhodes (Vet) | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 33,7 |
| 3 | 512 | Greg Wilcox (Vet) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 55,4 |
| 4 | 502 / 504 | Nigel Mannering (Vet) | 12 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 56 |
| 5 | 372 | Mark Perrow | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 59 |
| 6 | 491 | Conrad Gair | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 64,4 |
| 7 | 510 | Grant Pedersen | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 65,4 |
| 8 | 515 | Rob Coutts (Vet) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 66,7 |
| 9 | 470 | Steve McDowell | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 80,7 |
| 10 | 483 | Peter Scheuerl | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 83,4 |
| 11 | 499 | Jayson Herbert | 9 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 91 |
| 12 | 481 | Dave Hoogenboom (Vet) | 16 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 103 |
| 13 | 498 | Darren Hunt (Jnr) | 18 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 111 |
| 14 | 484 | Mike Inwood | 11 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 114 |
| 15 | 50 | Rob Hengst | 7 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 115,7 |
| 16 | 500 | Philip Rzepecky (Vet) | 8 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 118 |
| 17 | 509 | Joe Porebski (Vet) | 19 | 20 | 15 | 12 | DNF | 17 | 4 | 121 |
| 18 | 518 | Sel Pedersen (Vet) | 14 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 127 |
| 19 | 520 | Russell Wood | 10 | 14 | 5 | 18 | DNF | DNS | DNS | 132 |
| 20 | 5 | Mike Wilde (Vet) | 17 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 138 |
| 21 | 493 | Graham Lambert (Vet) | 22 | DNS | 12 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 144 |
| 22 | 51 T | Alec McWhinnie | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | DNF | 21 | 18 | 158 |
| 23 | 508 | John Weston | DNS | DNS | 22 | 14 | 17 | DNS | DNS | 164 |
| 24 | 436 | John Gillespie (Vet) | DNF | 22 | 24 | DNS | 21 | 22 | 22 | 172 |