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The 2014 A Class worlds started on Monday with the Practice race, the event drawing a record fleet of eighty one entries from twelve nations. The sailing world is now totally focused on catamarans, especially foiling catamarans, currently considered by many to be the hottest single handed class on the water. This year both Emirates Team New Zealand and Artemis have sent sailors to the A Class Worlds, this event being the ideal extension for any America's Cup winter training. Emirates Team New Zealand has entered their two newest team members, Olympians Pete Burling and Blair Tuke, as well as 2013 America's Cup team members, Glenn Ashby, tactician Ray Davies, Pete Melvin, Luc Dubois and Nat Shaver. Chris Nicholson, skipper of the team's Camper entry in the Volvo Ocean Race was a late entrant skippering Dean Barker's catamaran after Dean's withdrawal so he can focus on the Extreme Sailing World Series which begins later this month in Singapore.