I was looking at some footage on YouTube that must have been shot on a puddle in Europe. I guess there were 200 boards out! No way you would want to sail there. After parking 2 km away and rigging up on top of someone else there couldn't have been any clean air on the water!! Those guys must be dedicated! A busy day where I sail is 1 person per 2 sq km, thats 15 guys in 30 sq km (although if there's a kiter out he will still get in your way
) It makes you realise how lucky we are in Oz!! Is it the congested on the East Coast? (on a windy day)
At Port Macquarie (Mid North Coast NSW), on an average sailing day of, say 12-15kn, we would have 2-3 sailors and 5-7 kiters at the local spot.
Once the wind picks up (15-20kn and 20kn+), the kiters thin out to 4-5 and sailors increase up to around 4-5......get to see some vintage gear on those days where the non-regular sailors drag out the archives 
Now the above is just for wavesailing, if we include the river/lake speed fellas, well i guess ad another 3-4 regular sailors, so in total around port there is prob a 50-50 ratio of sailors to kiters. I like the current crowd, good blokes/girls and not too busy
The most I have seen in Redcliffe is 10 Windsurfers, It used to be 3 or four. The word is getting out. Tea bags stay in close so you only need to watch them in the last 200-300 m. Bit scary out back for them
I remember living in Sydney in the mid to late 80's. Windsurfers went in the Harbour around Five Dock after work in the summer months. There were 20 on a low wind/cloudy day and about 100 on a clear sunny afternoon. 
Those were the good old days (bit too crowded). Daylight saving helped after work. Here at Lake Cootharaba there can be between 3-15 in summer on the weekends depending on how much wind there is.
Prime time in summer at Coal Pt on the lake I'd say about 12 -15 sailboarders..no kites..midweek 3 or 4 ..winter Valentine or Belmont..generally me..maybe 1 or 2 others although quite a few formula guys race each weekend at Marmong or somewhere.
Belmont winter about 20 kites + me..
Back in the 80's - 90's I remember 23 sailboarders off Valentine.. actually rammed one one day..
poleys must be w/s ers and bag ladies kiterrs :-)
not a terminology used in kanada
i w/s alone - one spot is too small and too "polluted" for others
the other is too small , some wind shadow and some rocks
when i go to the busy sites on a busy day i ask myself whether i am really getting away from it all :-(
no parking, hard to find a rig spot and are there rules on the water ??
these spots are on the local river - sections of the St-Lawrence
the dedicated windsurfers head off to a larger body of water called Lake Champlain
thinkin of goin there this year
however, rig spots n poison ivy are the pains over there :-(
how much to fly down to the AUZ ??
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On a good day I see nobody.
On a really really bad day lotofwind will drive down the beach in his beat-up old ute with 6 of his homeys in the back. But they usually just drive past.
Can't say i've sailed in a crowded spot, My local never has more then a few people out at anytime and you can find yourself alone quite a bit. I like to sail with lots of people, I guess it's different for wave sailors as they want good clean wave with long rides and no one in their way but for the flatwater sailor there's plenty of room.
Enjoyed here....really fast, guys and girls ripping past each other, popping loops here and there, a lot of fun.
My local....on a busy day.
Crowded??? LBG never crowded although if the blue green algae doesnt kill you the fishermans lines may. Sanctuary Point I reckon can get a bit crowded, nothing like D-bah or the super point on a good day but crowded none the less. I must say I dont really like sailing alone always prefer a crowd.
no polies at my local.....due to limited pensioner parking and zimmer frame access
wonder what it would be like trying to get a good postition at the start of this race??....They get over 1000 competiors for this event!!
We probably get around 5+ out every time at my local spot, but because Tassie has so many spots it spread all over the state. Down south of the state they regulary get over 20+.So many people are getting back into the spot in Tas,It has really taken off again.
Intersesting. I was expecting reports of numbers like 50 or 100. Has anyone checked in from Melville beach or Safety Bay? I only ask because when I bought my first Wally from Court Yachts in Nedlands in 1981 there would only be me and my mate on his "Sodim". By the time I bought my new "Storm 10" in 1983 it was packed there on a weekend. I was just curious what it is like now.
Similarly, I haven't sailed at Safety Bay for a few years, but getting out via the lagoon was a bit hairy, probably 60 windsurfers and half a dozen seagull poop encrusted moored boats.
On a broad average I estimate from this thread the number of windsurfers out on a windy weekend is less than 20 ?? That does indicate windsurfing is quite a niche sport.
On an average good day in Singapore (10-15kts or so), I share the water with anything from 10 to 50 other windsurfers, maybe 3 or 4 kiters, sometimes as many as 100 lasers or optimists, and 50 or more tankers and container ships.
On a rare VERY GOOD good day (18-25 kts, say) suddenly it's just me and about 5 windsurfers. And the ships, of course!
Those were the good old days (bit too crowded). Daylight saving helped after work. Here at Lake Cootharaba there can be between 3-15 in summer on the weekends depending on how much wind there is.
In 'Angelus' (Tim Winton fans will know where I'm talking about!), haven't seen another windsurfer on the water at the beach I usually sail from in prevailing (E-SE) seabreeze direction for at least a year! Occasionally, there would be a couple of kiters out near where I launch from as well as some further down the beach in Ellen Cove (most poleys and kiters in the area usually sail on the nearby harbour or out of town).
I've seen like 20+ out at The Train on the Gold Coast. Gets a bit hairy actually, gotta pick a path well in advance. Sure I've seen 12+ at Shearwater too.
Actually, on the Broadwater at least, I usually count more windsurfers than kiters. Am I imagining things?
