Kate Middleton stunned the crowd as she arrived in Plymouth for the global sailing championship this afternoon.
The Duchess of Cambridge joined the 1851 Trust and the Great Britain SailGP team for the second day of racing and is ready to take to the seas.
Before the race, Kate met with excited youngsters who explained about growing Seagress.
Carnegie Bedlow, 12, from St Helier in Jersey, said: “I was a little bit nervous but she did what I told her and she was very good. She asked me if I was interested in sailing. I do sailing camps in the summer, I love the ocean.”
Kate will be joining the British racing team on their F50 catamaran in a friendly 'Commonwealth Race' vs Team NZ with Sir Ben Ainslie.
The race, which will take place ahead of the official final day’s racing, will see Great Britain take on UN Patron for the Ocean Lewis Pugh alongside Peter Burling and Blair Tuke on the New Zealand F50, with the race commentated live in the official SailGP fan village.
Kate is the Royal Patron of the 1851 Trust, which is a charity that creates exciting and educational experiences for 11 to 16-year-olds revolving around sport and sustainability.
The trust has been named the 'Race for the Future Purpose Partner' of the GBR SailGP team.
The Duchess has also been meeting with young people taking part in the trust's activities to promote sustainability and get a taste of the speed and skill involved in the SailGP, the global racing championship.
Ainslie, is the most successful sailor in Olympic history and won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards.
He says Kate is a keen sailor and will be helping out throughout the day.
“She’s a really good sailor in her own right, she has sailed with me on foiling boats as well and we’re expecting a little bit of extra help, given she’s sailed across the Atlantic, he added.
Yesterday, Peter Burling and his New Zealand SailGP Team produced one of the most impressive days seen on the water in SailGP, taking 28 points from a possible 30 on day one of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Plymouth.
Burling took his team to three top-two finishes on Plymouth Sound to all but seal a place in the event final with two races still to be held.
The other two places in the top-three are occupied by the Australian team, which claimed the day’s second race, and France, who managed two top three finishes on an impressive day of racing from Quentin Delapierre.
In front of thousands lining the Plymouth coast, Ainslie left himself with a significant amount of work to do in the final, as a series of poor starts saw him finish no higher than fourth in the day’s racing.
