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The changing wind angles and low wind speeds have really made making forward progress towards Tahiti pretty difficult and weʻre just doing whatever we can to close that gap.

We have been measuring the phytoplankton abundance and diversity in our plankton tow as we approach Tahiti.

We are estimating about 15 to 20 foot seas. We had some 30 foot rollers every once in a while. No sun, there's so much clouds we can't see the sun. We're just navigating our canoe by the direction of the swells and the wind.

We are using the star Hōkūleʻa to guide the waʻa Hōkūleʻa to get to our destination. We're also using some Southern stars: Newe, Kamailemua, and Kamailehope.

"We started off last night it was a beautiful night, no clouds in the sky, we could see all of our stars and planets that we’re using to guide our waʻa from Aotearoa to Australia. "

"We had a beautiful day of sailing. Averaged about 5 kts throughout the day. Blue skies, fair winds and following seas."

Brad Wong reports on sailing conditions as Hikianalia approaches French Polynesia.

Jason Patterson reports from on board Hikianalia as winds return and the crew sails closer to Tahiti.