On a day that was a spectacular counterpoint to the light air that plagued most of the event, Bjorn Hansen won.

With his Team Onico consisting of Tompi Hallberg, Gustav Tempelman, Pontus Meijer, and Mathias Bredi, he went three straight against Magnus Holmberg (SWE).

Despite being a competitor at this event six times over the past seven years, this was Hansen’s first victory at Match Cup Sweden and his first win at a World Tour event.

Match race sailing always requires teams have the utmost skill in timing, tactics, and precision boathandling. But today’s blustery conditions also required of them offshore skills as well, since the near-gale westerly breeze gusted to nearly 40 knots throughout the day, creating waves that crested to over 2 metres high in the course area.

For the audience assembled on the cliffs, the course area was a spectacular scene of breaking waves, spewing sea foam, and huge gusts of wind, with the DS 37’s under reefed mains and jibs launching and crashing off the tops of the waves upwind, and hurdling at planing speeds in wild showers of spray off the wind.

Final & Petit finale Results (first to three and two points)

Flight 1 : Bjorn Hansen def. Magnus Holmberg - Jesper Radich def. Mattias Rahm

Flight 2 : Bjorn Hansen def. Magnus Holmberg - Mattias Rahm def. Jesper Radich

Flight 3: Bjorn Hansen def. Magnus Holmberg - Jesper Radich def. Mattias Rahm

Semi-final Results (first to three points)

Flight 3 : Magnus Holmberg def. Mattias Rahm - Jesper Radich def. Bjorn Hansen

Flight 4 : Magnus Holmberg def. Mattias Rahm - Bjorn Hansen def. Jesper Radich

Sail-offs for 5th to 8th place

Flight 3 : Gavin Brady def. Sebastien Col - Mathieu Richard def. Simon Minoprio