They sighted land and became very exited because they hadn't seen land in so long and were longing to put their feet on dry ground again. They came closer to the island and they realized that it was Pukapuka island.(Middle-upper right hand corner of map) they were able to see the island faintly in the distance, but the wind was blowing them into the wrong current and so they headed in the wrong direction.
The next day they sighted more land and discovered from their map that it was the two coral reef islands Angatau and Fangahina. The island that was most directly in their path was Angatau, so they set the steering oar in the direction of that island and trusted to the current and wind to take them there.
They got closer and closer and by 6:00 that evening they were able to distinguish separate trees and branches on the island. They were very excited, but knew that they had to be careful not to dash the raft on the rocky shore.
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