A platform is lashed across the kiato in the form of six individual pieces lakau. This platform would have served as extra storage space. A wider plank of wood is lashed between the platform and the fuatino and may have been an allocated space for tuluma (tackle box). Four identical looking foe (paddles) are lashed diagonally across the kiato and are also made of lakau. Three pieces of Y shaped lakau are lashed to the ends of the kiato. These lakau would have been attached to the ama (float) however it is no longer attached to the vaka. Vaka faika were used for fishing and could carry more than one person at a time. Replica models of vaka faika were often created as collectible items for the tourist trade.