New Zealand. Look at their track record over the last 20-30 years in world sailing events. They've won the Americas Cup, defended it. New Zealand sailors who then moved on to the Swiss team then won it again. Theyve won multiple Volvo Ocean Races. And are always on the go and usually the first country in the world to step up for any challenge and succeed well at it.
Spain, France, and England. Yet England had the best of them
Impressment
The practice of capturing sailors and forcing them to serve on a ship from another country is called impressment. This was a common practice during times of war or conflict when one country needed more sailors for their navy.
Dutch
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Merciful rulers. They were also polytheists, but were not sailors - their navy was comprised of Greeks, Egyptians and Phoenicians.
Sea lore from sailors and fishermen.
britian
The English sailors (England) defeated the Spanish ArmadaThat country was England
impressment
Sailors did not capture Africans, it was other African tribes that did this then took them to the coast as salves to be sold. The Imbangala economy was heavily focused on the slave trade.
The collective noun for 'sailors' is a crew of sailors, whether there are two sailors or hundreds of sailors.