Marumaru Atua
Marumaru Atua, Rarotonga 2010 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Cook Islands | |
| Name | Marumaru Atua |
| Owner | Cook Islands Voyaging Society |
| Builder | Salthouse Boatbuilders |
| Launched | 2009 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vaka Moana |
| Displacement | 13 tonnes |
| Length | 72 ft (22 m) overall |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail / PV electric |
| Sail plan | crabclaw sails |
| Complement | 18 |
Marumaru Atua ("under the protection of God") is a reconstruction of a vaka moana, a double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe. It was built in 2009 by the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea. In 2014, it was gifted to the Cook Islands Voyaging Society. It is used to teach polynesian navigation.
The vaka is recognised as a cultural treasure and is commemorated on the Cook Islands $5 coin.