HONOLULU, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for Guo Chuan, a Chinese sailor attempting to set a world record by sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai within 20 days.
The boat carrying Guo, 50, was seen in waters near the Hawaiian islands with its mainsail snapped off and without him on board. A search plane was sent to his last-known coordinates, about 600 miles from Hawaii's Oahu island.