"Guo was last heard just after 15:00 Tuesday Beijing time (0700 GMT) when his trimaran sailed 900 nautical miles off the west of Hawaii," the official Xinhua news agency said, citing his team.
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China sailing star disappears in Pacific
Chinese sailing star Guo Chuan has gone missing in the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to set a new solo world record, state media said on Wednesday.
Chinese skipper Guo Chuan, pictured in 2015, was aiming to set a new solo non-stop trans-Pacific world record from San Francisco to Shanghai
"All attempts to contact the sailor have failed," it said, adding that a search aircraft from Honolulu had found Guo's boat -- with the sail broken off -- but did not find the yachtsman on deck.
Guo, 51, was aiming to set a new solo non-stop trans-Pacific world record from San Francisco to Shanghai, setting sail on October 19.
In 2013 the former scientist became the first sailor from China to complete a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe.
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