The sailing world is dominated by the French, Aussies and New Zealanders; at some distance we get the Brits and even further out the Americans.
Jeez Wouter what are you basing this statement on

I would put the Brits at the top

Best Olympic sailing team ever in last years Olympics, OK the French might hold the solo circumnavigation, but only until the weekend.
I think the USA are probably top of the honours table if you look at ISAF figures but they do have quite a lot more people participating than the rest of us.
Gareth