Barbara Kendall finished with the silver medal in the women's Mistral at the world sailing championships in Cadiz, Spain, today but was far from satisfied.
Kendall completed the 11th and final race of the class in 18th place, with Israel's Lee Korsitz, the gold medallist, finishing 17th.
Korsitz won the gold with55 points and Kendall 56, with French Faustine Merret taking the bronze with 63 points.
"In all honesty I was a little bit disappointed with today's result," Kendall said.
"I could have done better, the gold medallist finished just one position and one point ahead of me today."
New Zealand is one of the few countries to have previously qualified the women's Mistral class for next year's Olympics in Athens, and by finishing in the top five at the championships today, Kendall qualified for individual nomination to Athens.
Australian Jessica Crisp won today's last race, followed by China's Lai Shan Lee and Poland's Agata Brygola.
Kendall will take up the Olympic spot she secured for New Zealand at last year's world championships when she won the world title.
Today's race finally got under way in a six-knot breeze.
In the men's race Jon-Paul Tobin just missed out on individual Olympic nomination, finishing seventh.
A trial will be held in Auckland in January to determine who will represent New Zealand in the men's Mistral class.
New Zealand's Olympic entry for the class was also qualified at the 2002 world championships.
James Wells finished the regatta on a high note, crossing the finish in third place which saw him move up to 21st overall.
Tom Ashley was 33rd and Matthew McCormick 61st.
In the Star class Rohan Lord and Andrew Taylor finished 44th in a fleet of 83 competitors.
The Finn, 49ers, Tornado, Laser and 470 classes are scheduled for tomorrow.
