35. Baby's Bottom, on port tack, comes into a (buoys-to-port) windward mark on the port tack layline. He reaches the zone ahead of Diaper Rush coming on starboard. He tacks at the mark but his crew forgets to bring the jib over. 

Because Baby's Bottom is now moving very slowly, Diaper Rush bears away to avoid hitting Baby's Bottom but is now no longer able to avoid hitting the mark. Diaper Rush protests under rule 18.3.

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