Tad's comment knocking down Sam's credibility when it came to judging the wind because he sailed on the Chesapeake was before Sam's comment about armchair sailors, I'm also not sure he was directing that comment at anyone besides Tad.
I've had my disagreements with Sam in the past online, he makes some bold statements that he would never make in person. But in this case I think you all jumped down his throats prematurely and may have gone a bit too far.
It's hard with lack of tone online.
Kind of like my comment about dyneema on Facebook Jake , I think you took my informational tone as something else.
To quote the great Todd Hart (scary) from Facebook a couple weekend ago, there's no winning arguments online.