Neil was given the honour of carrying the country flag for Ireland, Brendan carried Shelduck's Irish ensign, Gabby carried Aine's tricolour brought over  specially for this. Parading round the port with flags of every participating boat and crew - at least 30 different countries represented, bands playing, drums banging.  There are over 200 yachts and 500+ crew here, around 70% of the total, with the rest arriving during this week. Speeches from various Canarian dignitaries and Leo the Port Authority and Cultural Representative from St Lucia who provided us with a tantalising insight into the festivities and activities we can expect when we arrive... looking forward to these!  Brendan set up Anne's 'SPOT' GPS locator (& rescue!) device - first message sent out to Neil & Anne's friends and family. Brendan also started working on the Iridium Satellite Phone.