Er Phil.... try this.... http://www.gliderforum.com.

http://www.gliderforum.com already has a large community of worldwide
pilots and a lot of great archive threads.
Plus users can swap/share files, photos and email each other.

I did get a laugh at your comment of "this has taken me years to get
going!"
It took me a day to get Gliderforum together.

Enjoy.

Al