Sharp reader Ben Fuller offers this correction:

The worlds was actually held at St. Michaels on the MIles River. Retired Jersy sailor instigated as everything else was snowed out. Homer Sedar as I recall his name. We used the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum where I was working as the launch spot and boat shop as the warmer. A number of boats ended up in Eastern Shore barns. The winter the Bay froze and the big blizzard hit New England.

Thanks Ben!