Completed July 25th 2026. The construction of this model, 34 inches long, is based on available drawings, photos, and videos. I could not find a plan of the vessel. The model is equipped with scale-size solar panels and a navigational light.
The HIKIANALIA voyaging canoe was commissioned by the “Okeanos Foundation for the Sea” and built by Salthouse Boatbuilders in Auckland, New Zealand.
HIKIANALIA was launched on September 15, 2012.
The “Okenaos Foundation for the Sea” commissioned seven vaka moana vessels identical to the template used for the HIKIANALIA
THE PACIFIC VOYAGERS FLEET
These double-hulled sailing canoes/catamaran were built by Salthouse Boatbuilders in Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand) for the Pacific Voyagers network.
The seven sister vessels include:
HIKIANALIA operated by the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii
GAUALOFA operated by the Samoa Voyaging Society
UTO NI YALO, Fiji
FAAFAITE operated by the Tahiti Voyaging Society
MARUMARU ATUA operated by the Cook Islands Voyaging Society
HINEMOANA operated by Hawaiki Rising Voyaging Society
TE MATAU A MAUI operated by the Te Matau a Maui Voyaging Trust.
There is also the HAUNUI, which is in the care of the Te Toki Voyaging Trust based in Whatawhata, New Zealand. Built in Auckland in 2009, it was originally named Va’atele and intended for American Samoa. After sustaining damage from a tsunami in American Samoa, it was repaired and later gifted to the New Zealand trust.
