I dont read books.. so thats getting old very quickly.. (unless ebooks count?)

My suggestion would be to have two forums under the current heading "general discussion"

rename this fourm to "sailing Open forum/Discussion" and add the new "non sailing forum/discussion" beside it.

I would also suggest that if in 6 months time and no one uses the new forum, simply delete it, no harm, no foul.

Cheers

Dazz.