May 23, 2016 By Jack Griffin

The Duchess Goes Foiling with Sir Ben

Her Royal Highness Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is the Royal Patron of the British team and was recently in Portsmouth to open the team’s new education centre with STEM curricula for UK schoolchildren. She also went for a sail.

The Duchess of Cambridge showed she's quite the sailor, taking the helm on Land Rover BAR's T1 test boat. — The Duchess of Cambridge showed she’s quite the sailor, taking the helm on Land Rover BAR’s T1 test boat.

Flying on T1. Maybe the team was training on T1 to get ready for the AC World Series in Chicago - it is close to the configuration of an AC45, with tiller steering, crew sitting on the hull and no grinding pedestals. All photos in this article by Lloyd Images. — Flying on T1. Maybe the team was training on T1 to get ready for the AC World Series in Chicago – it is close to the configuration of an AC45, with tiller steering, crew sitting on the hull and no grinding pedestals. All photos in this article by Lloyd Images.

Easy to recognize, and not just by the pretty smile - no commercial branding on her sailing gear, just her title. — Easy to recognize, and not just by the pretty smile – no commercial branding on her sailing gear, just her title.