At the official SWE 96 party, Victory Challenge announced today the name of the new boat for the 32nd America’s Cup.

It will be called Järv (wolverine in English), one of the least known predators which is remarkably strong for its size and often described as cunning.

The wolverine is relatively light, weighing only about 10-30 kilos, and not longer than 70-110 centimetres. Despite its diminutive size, it can easily take out much bigger prey.

By naming SWE 96 Järv Victory Challenge continues its tradition of giving their America’s Cup boats names from nature. The two boats built in Auckland, SWE 63 and SWE 73 were called Örn, eagle, and Orm , snake.

Apart from the choice of names and that they all belong to the America’s Cup Class, there are no other similarities between the new boat and the original ones.

"The boat has advanced in every single detail, and nothing remains form the old boats," said Mani Frers, who together with his father German Frers, led the design team.

The fact that Victory Challenge this time decided to build only one boat, and not two, has placed other requirements on the design team and the development programme.

SWE 63 and SWE 73 have been used as part of this development, initially to adapt them to the new class rules, then later on – during the autumn of 2006 – to test new solutions for rigging, sail and deck layout.

"In this way we could, for the construction, focus on the hull", said Mani Frers. "It has been designed for the conditions we expect in Valencia".

"We put the target high, wishing to create the perfect tool, and SWE 96 is a good tool for match racing. We have designed her to be easy to manoeuvre and quick to accelerate".

It takes time, however, for the sailing team to get the maximum out of such an advanced construction as a new America’s Cup boat.

"What we have seen of the SWE 96 so far seems very promising. The boat is evolving by the day."