Akarana is a racing yacht which was built in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1888 by Robert Logan (Senior) to represent that country in the Australian Centennial Regatta held on Hobson's Bay, Victoria.

She was restored as New Zealand's bicentenary gift to Australia and is today currently the oldest vessel in the collection of the Australian National Maritime Museum.

[1] Akarana was designed and built by Robert Logan (Senior) as a spec project with the hope of successfully completing in the Australian Centennial Regatta which was being held over the summer of 1888–1889.

The day after being launched, Akarana, accompanied by Robert Logan, his skipper Jack Bell, and crew, was shipped on the SS Nemesis to Melbourne.

[4] Robert Logan then shipped Akarana on Burrumbeet to Sydney to compete in the National Regatta on Anniversary Day, January 1889.

Skippered by Dick Hellings, Akarana won the principle event of the day, an open race for the first prize of £20 and three cases of Moet and Chandon champagne, beating Sydney yachts Assegai, Iolanthe and Sirocco.

The New Zealand government decided in 1987 to restore Akarana and give her to Australia as the county's gift to celebrate the Australian Bicentennial in 1988.

The tight deadline meant that research into the vessel's configuration could not be completed, preventing full restoration of sections below the waterline.