Dennis Conner has won his third New Zealand Etchells national championship at Gulf Harbour YC.
Racing in the 50-strong fleet, Conner and his two crewmen, Steve Jarvin and Matt Day, secured the championship win by just one point from Tomaso Chieffi sailing for New Zealand.
Overall Results
| Pos | Bow Number | Boat Name | Sail No | Helmsman | Crew | Nat | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 49 | Kiwi Menace 2 | USA1215 | Dennis Conner | Steve Jarvin & Matt Day | USA | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 35.0 | |
| 2nd | 7 | Affinity | NZL1059 | Tomaso Chieffi | Stu Clarke & Jon Ziskind | NZL | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 36.0 | |
| 3rd | 9 | Little G | AUS1131 | David Clark | Paddy Broughton & Andrew Smith | AUS | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 39.0 | |
| 4th | 1 | Banana n Pyjamas | AUS1121 | John Bertrand | Gary Smith & Matthew Mitchell | AUS | 8 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 47.0 | |
| 5th | 26 | Pulse | NZL66 | Sven Hanson | Nik Burfoot & Allan Gwyer | SWE | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 55.0 | |
| 6th | 23 | Trouble | USA577 | Cameron Dunn | Brett Jones & Matt Smith | USA | 7 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 68.0 | |