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Which sailing nations dominate the global maritime quiz? Cumulative scores by country.

# Flag Country National flair Pts / user
🥇 🇵🇱 Poland Cold beer below, warm welcome above. Always. 1422.2
🥈 🇮🇹 Italy Every Italian skipper somehow looks photogenic, even at 3am watch. 1327.4
🥉 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda Trade winds so reliable the dolphins set their watch by them. 1290.0
4 🇷🇸 Serbia No coast, no problem — they show up and they win. 1174.0
5 🇧🇲 Bermuda 712.0
6 🇧🇸 Bahamas Conch fritter rations and Bahamian breeze. 436.8
7 🇩🇪 Germany Punctual departure, scheduled arrival, zero drama. As it should be. 422.6
8 🇬🇮 Gibraltar Where the Med kisses the Atlantic — and the apes run the marina. 405.0
9 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Hopper-fuelled crews with elephant-grade memory. 392.8
10 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cowes Week veterans — bowtie in one hand, mainsheet in the other. 392.6
11 🇨🇦 Canada Halifax to Vancouver via two icebergs and one polite seal. 375.5
12 🇮🇳 India Cardamom in the cabin, Bay of Bengal on the bow. 342.5
13 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates Pearl-diving heritage, mega-yacht present. 331.7
14 🇮🇪 Ireland They sail with songs in the rigging and stout in the bilge. 318.9
15 🇦🇲 Armenia Landlocked but the diaspora sails for them everywhere. 310.0
16 🇨🇿 Czech Republic Pivo on the dock, pilsner on the chart table. 290.7
17 🇭🇷 Croatia Konoba dinners, lavender breezes, regatta legends. 286.8
18 🇮🇱 Israel Hummus on the chart table, opinions on every tack. 266.3
19 🇬🇭 Ghana Cape Coast castle anchorage — heavy history, light breeze. 259.8
20 🇦🇺 Australia Vegemite on the toast, sunscreen on everything else. 251.1
21 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 227.5
22 🇳🇱 Netherlands Flat land, flat water, flat-out fastest in dinghy class. 219.3
23 🇺🇸 United States Star-spangled spinnaker, BBQ-ready transom. 197.9
24 🇦🇷 Argentina Mate gourd in one hand, mainsail in the other. 192.1
25 🇱🇻 Latvia Shy on land, savage on the regatta start line. 190.6
26 🇳🇿 New Zealand Auckland marina has more masts than parliament has seats. 181.9
27 🇸🇰 Slovakia Bryndza on the deck, Tatras on the horizon. 181.2
28 🇧🇾 Belarus Draniki on the deck, Belavezhskaya in the locker. 167.5
29 🇴🇲 Oman Sultanate of seafarers — one thousand and one nights of breeze. 149.0
30 🇫🇷 France Wine, cheese and a sailing résumé that intimidates the rest of Europe. 148.3
31 🇸🇮 Slovenia Postojna Caves to Piran Bay — they do it all. 146.5
32 🇨🇭 Switzerland Precision, neutrality and a Swiss Army knife on every life-vest. 134.2
33 🇲🇹 Malta Pastizzi for breakfast, Grand Harbour for the view. 132.1
34 🇧🇷 Brazil Rio-to-Salvador downwind run with samba band on the rail. 125.4
35 🇸🇨 — Coco de mer souvenirs and giant-tortoise patience. 111.8
36 🇧🇪 Belgium Two languages on board, one extremely good lunch. 101.4
37 🇷🇴 Romania Vampires by night, vipers on the helm by day. 100.5
38 🇪🇸 Spain Two seas, an ocean, and a calendar of regattas longer than the Camino. 92.9
39 🇱🇹 Lithuania Long winters, longer reaches, very long suffering at the helm. 90.9
40 🇩🇰 Denmark Hygge cockpit, Nordic-tough hull. No fuss, no shouting. 90.8
41 🇦🇹 Austria Strudel below decks, Alps reflected on the water. 88.9
42 🇹🇷 Turkey Çay tea on the helm, baklava in the rations. 80.1
43 🇬🇷 Greece Every island has a story, a taverna and a cousin with a boat. 73.2
44 🇻🇬 — Painkiller cocktail on every dock. It's prescription. 65.0
45 🇺🇦 Ukraine Borscht below, salyut above, regatta-ready always. 61.7
46 🇷🇺 Russian Federation They sail when others abandon ship. Then they sail some more. 59.6
47 🇦🇱 Albania Raki on the dock, Llogara pass behind you, Corfu on the bow. 58.8
48 🇨🇾 Cyprus Two languages, one sea, three meze courses minimum. 54.2
49 🇯🇪 — 51.0
50 🇵🇹 Portugal Atlantic swell + custard tarts = perfect passage planning. 48.5
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