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• Wild Thing 100 forced to retire from 80th running of race

The Sydney to Hobart fleet has lost its first 100ft supermaxi with Wild Thing 100 making the “very disappointing” decision to retire from the 80th running of the race.

All crew were safe as Wild Thing began the journey back to Sydney after 3.30am on 27 December, having succumbed to a rigging issue east-north-east of Tuross Head on the NSW South Coast.