World-renowned yachtswoman Tracy Edwards was taken by surprise during a visit to Mount House School — she found one of the girls' dormitories had been named after her.
Pupils choose the dormitory names, and Tracy was selected in recognition of her achievements over many years of sailing.
She was at Mount House to give the latest in the Oracle lecture series, designed to give children an insight into aspects of life that they may not normally encounter.
Tracy won international fame in 1989 as skipper of the first all-female crew to sail around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. The boat won two legs and came second overall in its class — the best result for a British boat since 1977.
In 1990 she was awarded Sportswoman of the Year and an MBE. She was the first woman to achieve acceptance by the British yachting community and paved the way for others, including Dawn Riley and Ellen MacArthur. She went on to compete in the Trophy Jules Verne non-stop circumnavigation event in 1998, again with an all-female crew. Having broken seven world records en route, Tracy and her crew were well on course for the circumnavigation record when a broken mast ended their bid.
Tracy retired from round-the-world sailing two years later, and since then has dedicated much of her time to charity.