As we prepare for 2022, we look back at the strange but hopeful year that was 2021. Below are some of our favorite photos from the year that's drawing to a close.

The Express 34 Joy Ride in the Berkeley Midwinters. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Chris Case acrobatically manages the Wilderness 30 Fugu singlehanded. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Clockwise boats try to get around Angel Island, to no avail, in Corinthian Yacht Club's Household Pursuit Race. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

The singlehanded-only Three Bridge Fiasco. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Rebecca Hinden's Express 27 Bombora in Richmond YC's Big Daddy, another pursuit race. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Niels and Jack Kisling in a Santa Cruz Wednesday night race aboard the Wilderness 40 Geronimo. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Falk Meissner starts the Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race aboard the Olson 25 Shark on Bluegrass, the smallest boat in the fleet. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

This photo was the favorite of many a participant. Nine of the 11 finishers in the Singlehanded Transpac trade tales at Black Pot Beach in Hanalei. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

J/24s exit Richmond Harbor in an RYC Wednesday night race. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Summertime Dream (foreground) and Slice in Encinal YC's Gracie and George Regatta. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Kaye of Göteborg in St. Francis YC's Rolex Big Boat Series. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com
Going through Raccoon Strait on a very low tide during RYC's Great Pumpkin pursuit race. (Not everyone made it through without running aground.) ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com

Thistles in RYC's Small Boat Midwinters in December. ©2021 www.norcalsailing.com
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