I certainly wouldn't want to dilute the Ericson/sailing content here, but the purely social connections might also be brought in to the site via FaceBook ?
Since I'm starting it I'm at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/sven.u.grenander?ref=name
-Sven
it's really time consuming to check multiple sites daily and stay connected with people. I suggest an Ericson page on Facebook and follow each other on Twitter and make instructions to join sticky. What do you think?