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History
She was built in Sweden in 1946 by the Danish architect Knud Reimers for the legendary General Guisan and its son.The son won 3 Bol d’Or (first in 1949). Then various owners and various names (Marie-José II, Titea, Le Tigre).In total Glana won 8 times the Bol d’Or (last time in 1969) which is the absolute record (the second boat won 3 Bol d’Or).The Bol d’Or monohull jauge is based on Glana (14.20 m).There are hundred of amazing stories since 1946 and some will be told in a documentary (Les gens du Glana) that we shall start filming at the coming Cup.Glana was owned in the 70-90s by the local hero and our dear friend Daniel Metzger. Daniel will be the Glana’s godfather for the coming Cup.During the last 20 years Glana was owned by 7 good friends including the colorful Jean-Claude Marchand. Many more stories arose during thoseyears. I am lucky to humbly participate to Glana’s history since last autumn.Christian Wahl is our skipper for the Cup. Christian and Glana both won the Bol d’Or 8 times (Christian has the record for skippers and won the last edition with majesty)We hope that he will soon beat the Glana’s record For the Cup Glana’s spinnaker will bear the logo of our www.qmrf.org which relates mental health to consciousness.
