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KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- Waves, wind and darkness hampered the ocean search off Hawaii for a Chinese man reported missing while attempting to set a sailing record, the U.S. Coast Guard pilot who was the missions air commander said Thursday.It was pretty frustrating not to find him, not to hear him, Lt. Ben Powers said at Air Station Barbers Point in west Oahu, the morning after the Coast Guard called off its search for Guo Chuan. The hardest thing we do is search for a person in the water because its a huge ocean.Guo, 50, was attempting to set a sailing record from San Francisco to Shanghai. The search was suspended after a U.S. Navy crew from the USS Makin Island went aboard Guos 97-foot trimaran about 620 miles northwest of Oahu and found only his life jacket.As one of the pilots of one of the HC-130 Hercules planes that participated in the search, Powers spent hours scanning the ocean for Guo through 4-to-6-foot waves. There was no moon, he said, so illumination was low even with night-vision goggles.Rescuers radioed Guo every 15 to 30 minutes, Powers said. There was no response.When the persons in the water basically the only thing above the water is the persons head, Powers said. So thats really what were looking for -- something the size of a human head from an aircraft from 300 to 700 feet.Because Guos boat was well-tracked, rescuers had a good idea where he fell into the water, Powers said.Guo was a professional mariner with a deep passion for sailing. Our thanks to our Navy partners who helped us search for this vessel in a timely manner so far from shore in an attempt to locate Mr. (Guo) Chuan. Our deepest condolences go out not only to his family and friends but also to his racing team and the sailing community, said Capt. Robert Hendrickson, who directed the Coast Guards search.Guos sailboat, the Qingdao China, is adrift, and its main sail has been taken down, the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard says it broadcast a warning to mariners to beware of the drifting boat.Guos racing team plans to recover the sailboat, the Coast Guard said.Guo was the first Chinese person to sail around the world in 2013, according to his website, guochuanracing.com.Guo left San Francisco on Oct. 18 to challenge the solo nonstop trans-Pacific world record. The current speed record for that journey is 21 days, and he was trying to sail from San Francisco to Shanghai within 20 days, the website says.In Beijing, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Chinas consulate general in Los Angeles had alerted the U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii when it learned that Guo could not be reached. Spokesman Lu Kang said Chinese diplomats had helped in the coordination of the search and continued to monitor the situation.---Follow Jennifer Sinco Kelleher at http://www.twitter.com/JenHapa. Her work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/jennifer-sinco-kelleher Hydro Flask Black Friday .ca. 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The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. ELMONT, N.Y. -- Effinex added another chapter to the Jerkens family legacy in the Grade 2 Suburban Handicap, successfully defending his title in the 130-year-old fixture with a hard-fought neck decision over a game Samraat on Saturday at Belmont Park. It was the sixth time either Jimmy or his father, Allen Jerkens, have won the prestigious event.Effinex, who defeated Tonalist by a head to win the 2015 Suburban, is trained by Jimmy Jerkens Jr. His father won the race four times during his Hall of Fame career. Effinex also became the first horse to post back-to-back victories in the Suburban since Devil His Due turned the trick for the senior Jerkens in 1993-1994.Effinex was ridden on Saturday by Mike Smith, who won the Suburban for the first time since guiding Devil His Due to victory here 22 years ago.Samraat and jockey Jose Ortiz seized the opportunity to set a relatively slow pace in the 1-1/4-mile Suburban, coasting through a 25.31-second opening quarter-mile and 49.34 half-mile while racing well off the inside rail and stalked from the outset by Effinex. The two New York-breds continued to lead the way into the stretch, with Samraat gamely holding on to a narrow advantage before ultimately succumbing grudgingly to the winner near the end.Mubtaahij, the 2-1 favorite in a scratched-reduced field of seven older horses, angled in sharply to what appeared to be the deeper footing along the rail while attempting to rally near midstretch and finished third, 1-1/4 lengths behind Samraat. He in turn was followed by Eagle, Shaman Ghost, Turco Bravo, and Tapin Mojo. Noble Bird scratched earlier in the day..ddddddddddddEffinex, a son of Mineshaft owned by Tri-Bone Stables, covered the distance over a fast track in 2:01.04 and paid $6.30.Ive always loved this race, said Jimmy Jerkens. I remember when I was a little kid, my father won it a bunch of times. He always used to love to run in it any time he could. He was a New York guy and those New York handicap races always meant a lot to him. And it does to me too.Jerkens credited Smith for a perfectly judged ride aboard Effinex, whom he previously guided to wins in the Grade 1 Clark and Grade 2 Oaklawn Park handicaps.He [Smith] just seems to have a way with him, said Jerkens. He drifted a bit and raced well off the fence. I think he might let him do it to race out in the better part of the track.Jerkens said all options are open for Effinexs next start, including the Grade 1 Whitney at Saratoga on Aug. 6.I cant rule anything out, said Jerkens. The Whitney might be a little close and Id probably like to sit it out. But sometimes youre better off to just keep running with a horse like him. I guess it will all depend on how hes doing, and whos running.Smith, who has now won the Suburban three times, said Im so blessed to be able to come back to New York to ride for the Jerkens family. Ive gotten the opportunity to ride him [Effinex] at the right time, every time. The horse acted right today. I was able to put him in a good spot on the outside. He got to loafing a little bit at the end, and he made me work for my money, anyway. ' ' '