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Yes, agree. I did take the OP to mean that they had run out of water (or were worried that they shortly would) but I accept that you could read it that they just wanted to tack. And in that case they would indeed have no right to ask to tack if racing.I agree with your analysis with one caveat: it is not clear that the racer ran out of water and so needed to tack. If they were merely stuck in a bad position but free to continue sailing along the contour then I believe they have no right to force Jimmy (in the hypothetical where Jimmy is also racing) to let them tack out of there.