Sunday, October 3, 1999, a.m.

3:00 a.m. HST (12th day since departing Mangareva): Winds continue light out of the SE at 5-15 knots, from the direction of Rapa Nui. The canoe cannot head in that direction with the wind coming directly at it; the navigators have to choose between going south and going ENE and have decided to go ENE to gain miles to the east, even though this heading takes them a little to the north as well, seemingly away from Rapa Nui. The canoe can only go in the direction the wind allows it to go. It is traveling at 1-3 knots. At 3 a.m., Oct. 3, Hokule'a was about 40 miles farther to the east and 28 miles farther to the north than it was at 3 a.m., Oct. 2; it was 306 miles from Rapa Nui this morning at 3 a.m.; yesterday at 3 a.m., it was 327 miles from Rapa Nui..net gain of 21 miles over the 24-hour period. Light southeasterly trades are forecasted to continue for the next 36 hours.

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