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Either that or maybe Ronning is referring to his prior experiences. In comparison to the ships that will appear in Pirates, which of course will not be your average dinghy, the one ship Kon-Tiki was filmed with was rather small.

At least, that is how I understood his statement: "Bigger vessels this time round..." Just thought I'd throw that out for your consideration.