It sounded to me like he was speaking on a satellite phone; I pictured him crouched in the body of a small plane.
The two-year-old boat seemed structurally sound and was loaded with new emergency equipment: a life raft, a flare kit, two radios, flashing beacons, and a satellite phone.
For example, satellite phones are illegal in some countries.
The other Malaysian crew member was said to have received instructions by satellite phone on where to rendezvous at sea to pick up the cargo.
Chinese rescue team at the site of a UN building in Port-au-Prince told Xinhua by satellite phone that they were moving near the floor where the 8 officers were trapped.
"It's been a stressful two weeks, not knowing when they would start, but they called last night by satellite phone to say they had finally got a plane to the pole," Christine said.
A top official from Wenchuan, Wang Bin, appealed via satellite phone for outside help.
The weather window was closing on crossing the Great Snowy Mountains. He worked on a new timetable, new safety protocols and fitting a satellite phone and tent into his bulging rucksack.
British soldier talks on a satellite phone in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
