The only way I can think that this would be possible is if the wind was blowing directly onshore?
Edit: thanks for all the well thought out replies. I think I’ve got it figured out know, I’ve always Been a bit confused about ships tacking into to wind and I think the key thing I was missing was the sail being using like as an airfoil creating pull, used in tandem with with the fins/keel .
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Windsurfers generally start out with their backs to the wind and then sail 90degrees or 270 degrees (perpendicular direction) to the oncoming wind. To come back they just do a 180° turn (called a tack or gybe) and come back .more or less from where they started (assumes the wind direction doesn’t change radically in the mean time)
They can streer close to the wind if they want to go upwind or away from the.wind to goote downwind, but most of the time they’re sailing back and force relative to their beach starting location.
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