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'Anger management': Aussie sailing great's swear jar - CtrlF.XYZ

'Anger management': Aussie sailing great's swear jar

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A documentary gives a compelling penetration into the insatiable tone of Australian SailGP skipper Tom Slingsby.

In play 3 of SailGP documentary Racing connected the Edge, the Australian squad gathers astir arsenic Slingsby, the crew's driver, drops $125 into "Tom's curse jar".

Episode 7 captures the two-time SailGP champion spitting retired a barrage of expletives pursuing a frightening brushwood with the New Zealand team.

At the France Grand Prix successful September past year, an assertive determination by Kiwis operator Peter Burling ruined Australia's changeable astatine reaching the final.

In a blistering spray implicit vigor that's broadcast successful the documentary, the 38-year-old Slingsby slammed the determination arsenic "ridiculous" and said moments similar that could "break boats and termination people".

Burling deed backmost pursuing the race, saying the Olympic golden medallist needed lessons successful "anger management".

That benignant of behaviour is the crushed for "Tom's curse jar", which makes an quality successful occurrence seven astatine the Dubai Grand Prix.

"Our fabulous, fearless leader, Tom Slingsby, gets a small passionate connected board," says Liv Hogan, the team's selling and communications manager.

"So we brought successful the curse jar to rein successful Tom Slingsby. He has to enactment successful currency each clip helium swears."

A tube of laughs is important to Slingsby and his teammates.

"You look astatine our squad and erstwhile the unit is on, successful general, we're laughing and having a joke," Slingsby says.

"It's Australian culture. I deliberation we usage humour arsenic a mode to benignant of interruption the tension."

Australia is starring play three of the title connected 68 points, with New Zealand (59) placed 2nd and Great Britain (54) third.

The Australians are aiming to triumph connected location waters astatine Sydney Harbour connected the weekend.

The 9 SailGP teams — Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Spain, Canada and the USA — volition beryllium successful enactment betwixt 4pm and 5.30pm connected Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets to the Australia Grand Prix can beryllium purchased here.

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