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

# Flag Country National flair Score
🥇 🇮🇹 Italy They talk with their hands and whip up the world's best pizza. ⛵🍕 38510pts
🥈 🇷🇸 Serbia Landlocked but they bring slivovitz to every regatta. 20735pts
🥉 🇵🇱 Poland Pierogi-fuelled crews who don't skip a tack. 19310pts
4 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Tea, fog and a Royal Navy that has opinions about your knots. 16100pts
5 🇱🇻 Latvia Quiet Baltic forest folk — sing more than they speak. 🌲🎶 7885pts
6 🇺🇸 United States Big boats, big horsepower, bigger national anthem. 5770pts
7 🇩🇪 Germany Engineering perfection — even their fenders have a manual. 2270pts
8 🇨🇦 Canada Polite, freezing, and excellent at apologising during a tack. 1970pts
9 🇦🇺 Australia Sharks, sun, BBQ — and Sydney-Hobart bragging rights. 1690pts
10 🇮🇪 Ireland Green pastures, Atlantic gales, and the world's warmest pubs. 1570pts
11 🇭🇷 Croatia Adriatic god-tier coastline. Charter dreams come true. 1275pts
12 🇪🇸 Spain Tapas, sunshine and the longest siesta in the marina. 1120pts
13 🇳🇿 New Zealand Sheep outnumber sailors but the sailors win the cups. 1055pts
14 🇫🇷 France Croissants for breakfast, Côte d'Azur for the afternoon sail. 895pts
15 🇧🇪 Belgium Waffles, beer, and chocolate. Three reasons to put into port. 755pts
16 🇬🇷 Greece Birthplace of seafaring legends — and very persuasive feta. 650pts
17 🇧🇷 Brazil Samba-rhythm sailing and the loudest crew at any marina. 🎵 570pts
18 🇭🇺 Hungary Lake Balaton skippers — small water, big spirit. 435pts
19 🇷🇴 Romania Carpathians and Black Sea — Dracula's nephews still sail. 425pts
20 🇮🇱 Israel Desert by morning, Med-sea sail by afternoon. 415pts
21 🇩🇰 Denmark Vikings with pastries — basically pirates with better dental. 385pts
22 🇦🇹 Austria Mountain people who taught lake sailing how to look elegant. 365pts
23 🇨🇭 Switzerland Landlocked, but their sailing watches still rule the regatta. 315pts
24 🇦🇷 Argentina Steaks, tango and Patagonian wind that humbles every skipper. 315pts
25 🇧🇸 Bahamas Junkanoo crews and the world's most photogenic shallows. 310pts
26 🇳🇱 Netherlands Half their country is below sea level — yet they sail above everyone. 305pts
27 🇨🇿 Czech Republic Best beer-to-sailor ratio in continental Europe. 280pts
28 🇵🇹 Portugal Discovered half the seas and stayed for the bacalhau. 230pts
29 🇱🇹 Lithuania Basketball, beetroot soup and stubbornly seaworthy souls. 205pts
30 🇧🇬 Bulgaria Yogurt and rose oil — and surprisingly punchy Black Sea wind. 200pts
31 🇷🇺 Russian Federation Vodka-tempered crew with the patience of an icebreaker. 200pts
32 🇦🇲 Armenia Mountain blood, Mediterranean appetite. 200pts
33 🇦🇱 Albania Bunker-counters turned bunker-tan-getters on the Ionian. 200pts
34 🇫🇯 Sunset cocktails, perfect anchorages, "Bula!" forever. 200pts
35 🇮🇳 India Monsoon mariners and curry-spiced regattas. 130pts
36 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 365 beaches — one for every regatta day of the year. 🏝 110pts
37 🇵🇰 Pakistan Indus traders by heritage, sea-traders by ambition. 105pts
38 🇨🇾 Cyprus Halloumi, sunshine and 340 sailing days per year. 105pts
39 🇺🇦 Ukraine Black Sea sailors with a stubborn sunflower in their hat. 105pts
40 🇹🇷 Turkey Bosphorus regulars — they invented the gulet. 105pts
41 🇸🇪 Sweden IKEA-flat-pack sailors. Quiet, efficient, slightly Nordic-cool. 100pts
42 🇸🇰 Slovakia Mountains, castles and hidden talent for inland yachting. 100pts
43 🇬🇭 Ghana Gulf of Guinea sailors with the brightest fishing fleets. 100pts
44 🇸🇨 Granite islands, turquoise lagoons, regatta-ready crews. 100pts
45 🇱🇺 Luxembourg Tiny country, big bank account — and surprisingly sea-worthy. 100pts
46 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates Dhows by sunset, superyachts by midnight. 80pts
47 🇸🇮 Slovenia Tiny coast, mighty alpine grit, excellent wines. 45pts
48 🇯🇪 10pts
49 🇬🇮 Gibraltar A rock at the gateway of two seas — and the cheekiest monkeys in port. 🐒 5pts
50 🇲🇹 Malta A whole country that is basically one big harbour. ⚓ 5pts
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