A bit of luck turned what looked to be a runaway win for Kelvin Harrap into a second championship for Jes Gram-Hansen.

The skipper from Aarhus, Denmark, defeated Team New Zealand’s Harrap 2-1 to win the 8th annual Danish Open, Stage 2 of the 2004-’05 Swedish Match Tour.

Sailing with crewmembers Michael Arnhild (Aarhus), Christian Kamp (Copenhagen), Rasmus Kostner (Aarhus) and Chresten Plinius (Copenhagen), the win was Gram-Hansen’s second at the Danish Open, and his first on Tour since winning this event two years ago.

Gram-Hansen advanced to the final by defeating Frenchman Mathieu Richard 2-0, and Harrap advanced by beating Staffan Lindberg of Finland by the same score.

In the Petit Final, Richard beat Lindberg 2-0 to win third, while Lindberg finished fourth.

With the win Gram-Hansen moved into a tie with Ed Baird (USA) for first overall on the Swedish Match Tour leaderboard. Each skipper has 25 points after the first two events of the sixth Tour season.

Day 4 Results

Final : Kelvin Harrap (NZL) def. Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) - Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) def. Kelvin Harrap (NZL) - Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) def. Kelvin Harrap (NZL)

Petit final : Mathieu Richard (FRA) def. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) - Mathieu Richard (FRA) def. Staffan Lindberg (FIN)

5th-6th Place : Peter Gilmour (AUS) def. Peter Wibroe (DEN) - Peter Gilmour (AUS) def. Peter Wibroe (DEN)

Semifinals 1 : Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) def. Mathieu Richard (FRA) - Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) def. Mathieu Richard (FRA)

Semifinals 2 : Kelvin Harrap (DEN) def. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) - Kelvin Harrap (NZL) def. Staffan Lindberg (FIN)

7th-8th Place : Philippe Presti (FRA) def. Chris Law (GBR)