An incident which occurred approaching the leeward mark in Race 5

1. 005 and 026 were approaching the second leeward mark in race 5
2. At the zone 026 was overlapped and outside of 00
3. 5A collision occurred between 005 and 026 causing damage
4. The damage was mino
5. r005 hailed protest and displayed a flag
6. The umpire signalled that 026 had broken a rule
7. 026 carried out a penalty turn

026 failed to give 005 mark room as required by r18.2

Rules 18.2, N1.4(a)

026 breached rule 18.2 but as she carried out a penalty turn no further penalty applies

John Doerr (IJ GBR)
Oleg Ilyin (IJ RUS)
Howard Elliott (IJ AUS)