www.Sail-Search.com: Team Isigungu, South Africa's Olympic Entrants in the Yngling class sent this report through:

Well, it’s been a couple of days since our last newsletter, so much has happened. I’ll try and fill you in as best as possible.

Racing on the 14th was postponed due to lack of wind…. Surprise surprise. We really wanted our races in, we needed them.

We hung around on shore until 3pm, until the committee eventually called it a day, as we were supposed to be on E course and we needed 1h30minutes to get there. Just not enough time for the breeze to fill in.

The prediction for the 15th was for 10 - 18knots, we got out and wow, what great breeze. We were all hiking and fully powered up, ready for action! The Finns were scheduled to start 10 minutes before us and about 1 minute to go to their start the postponement flag went up and never came down until 15h15. 15 knots became glass within a matter of minutes.

The wait was killing us, every hour we waited we knew another race was lost. Time was against us, we had 10 points to catch up on and we were down to one race. Then, just in time the breeze came back, beautiful 14 knots. A few teams changed to heavier jibs, but we stuck with our light, one should know by now, the breeze never lasts in China!

We had a great start, the boat was feeling alive. We really worked hard and got to the top mark 5th. With a tight inside rounding, we got two boats on the jibe set. Things were tight.

On the second beat, we almost threw it all away. Shifts came in from the left and the right and the hole back was over us from both sides. We had a choice… pick a side. With the breeze all over, this was the only option.

It worked. We were back in 7th. A close downwind in a dying breeze kept us on our toes.

Although we had a really good race, it just wasn’t enough to put us in the medal race, so our regatta and Yngling campaign ends on a high note.

All 3 of us have had the most amazing 3 years, great times and experiences, wonderful memories. And we have you all to thank. Things are winding down here for us, we have packed the boat and she is ready to be strapped into the container. Rather an emotional time for us, as we are still contemplating our futures.

Is 2012 an option?

Thanks again to all of you who have contributed to our campaign, without you none of this would have been possible.

To all our supporters who never failed to send through sms’s, emails, thoughts and prayers over the last few years, you have kept us pushing that much harder.

A special thanks to Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate, MACS shipping, Capestorm Clothing Apparel, SAS, SASCOC, OPEX, Lion of Africa Insurance, Central boating (MUSTO), Virgin Active, Holiday Inn Coquelles, Dennis Moss Architects, Royal Cape Yacht Club, Family, friends and Fellow Sailors.

We are still in the village for a few more days, just hanging out and watching the medal races, very exciting, very close. Just wish we were there.

Penny is off to Korea tomorrow and Kim and I will be off to Beijing soon.