34. Gutbucket comes into a buoys-to-port windward mark on the port tack layline. He reaches the zone ahead of Tally-Ho coming on starboard. Gutbucket tacks at the mark and completes his tack with just under one boatlength of open water between his transom and Tally-Ho's bow. But Gutbucket's crew forgets to bring the jib over and he stalls. 

By the time Tally-Ho realizes that Gutbucket has slowed right down, the two boats are about to collide. Tally-Ho immediately luffs up and just barely avoids a collision.  Tally-Ho protests under rule 18.3.

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