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Rob Mundle OAM is an Australian yachtsman, maritime commentator and author.

He is the author of some 19 books,[1] six of which have become best sellers, including Captain James Cook: from Sailor to Legend; Fatal Storm: The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race; Bligh: Master Mariner; and Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia.[2] Since publishing those biographies Mundle is regarded as a contemporary authority on James Cook, William Bligh and Mathew Flinders.[3][4][5]

Mundle began sailing as a boy.[6] After finishing school he became a cadet journalist at The Australian newspaper, which led to a career as a noted nautical commentator in print, radio and television[7][8][9][10] and to him becoming known as 'the voice of sailing'.[11]

Since the 1980s he has covered the America's Cup, sailing in the Olympics and the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race,[12] on which he is regarded as an authority.[13]

Mundle is credited with introducing the Laser and J24 class boats into Australia.[14] From 2011 to 2013 he was Commodore of Southport Yacht Club.[14]

In 2000 Mundle was award the Australian Sports Medal for services to sailing in the media;[15] and in 2013 was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to sailing and to journalism.[16][17]

Selected bibliography

  • Mundle, Rob; Billingham, Paul; Hardy, Sir James (2019). The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: The Story of a Sporting Icon. ABC Books. ISBN 9780655632252.
  • Mundle, Rob (2019). Cook QBD. ABC Books. ISBN 9780733340543.
  • Mundle, Rob (2017). Great South Land. ABC Books. ISBN 9780733332371.
  • Mundle, Rob (2016). Under Full Sail. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9780733334696.
  • Mundle, Rob; Spithill, Jimmy (2019). 50 nodi: Inseguendo la Coppa America. Tea. ISBN 9788850249237.
  • Mundle, Rob (2015). Dampier, the Dutch and the Great South Land. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9781460705605.
  • Mundle, Rob (2014). The First Fleet. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9780733332364.
  • Mundle, Rob (2014). Captain James Cook: from Sailor to Legend. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9781460700617.
  • Mundle, Rob (2012). Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia. Hachette UK. ISBN 9780733637384.
  • Mundle, Rob (2011). Bligh: Master Mariner. Hachette UK. ISBN 9780733628467.
  • Mundle, Rob (2010). Bligh: Master Mariner. Hachette Australia. ISBN 978-0-7336-2506-0.
  • Mundle, Rob (2010). Hell on High Seas: Amazing Stories of Survival Against the Odds. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9780732288839.
  • Mundle, Rob (2010). Ocean Warriors. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9780732272388.
  • Mundle, Rob (2006). Life at the Extreme: The Volvo Ocean Race Round the World 2005-2006. Nomad Press. ISBN 9780977129485.
  • Mundle, Rob; Bond, Alan (2004). Alan Bond: My Story. HarperCollins Publishers Australia. ISBN 9780732274955.
  • Mundle, Rob (2003). Ocean Warriors: The Thrilling Story of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Round the World. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9780060508081.
  • Mundle, Rob (1999). Fatal Storm: The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. HarperCollins Australia. ISBN 9780732269234.

References

  1. ^ "Rob Mundle". Harper Collins Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Books by Rob Mundle". www.booktopia.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Captain Cook was a 'natural born sailor'". Sky News Australia. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Captain Bligh set adrift by mutineers on this day in 1789". 2GB. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ^ Woodhead, Cameron (21 January 2011). "Bligh: Master Mariner". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation (24 February 2011). "Rob Mundle talks ocean-racing, thrill chasing, and the great William Bligh". Conversations with Richard Fidler. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. ^ Willson, Reviewer: Robert (5 December 2014). "Book review: The First Fleet, by Rob Mundle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ "75 years of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race". ABC Radio. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Rob Mundle". Sailing World. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Rob Mundle". ABC Radio National. 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Adventures Weekly with Bob Fisher and Rob Mundle - The Original SINS". www.sail-world.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  12. ^ Rob, Mundle. "Author Profile". Dymocks Books. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Hoist a virtual spinnaker and relive this historic yacht's hair-raising Sydney to Hobart race without getting wet". www.abc.net.au. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  14. ^ a b Rothfield, Mark (2013). "The write stuff". Club Marine Magazine Australia. 28 (4). Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Australian Honours Database". Archived from the original on 7 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Order of Australia Medal awarded to Rob Mundle and John Biffin". www.sail-world.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Australian Honours Database". Archived from the original on 7 April 2022.
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