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Rob MundleOAMis anAustralianyachtsman,maritime commentator and author.

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

Mundle began sailing as a boy.[6]After finishing school he became a cadet journalist atThe Australiannewspaper, 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 theAmerica's Cup,sailing in theOlympicsand theSydney to Hobart Yacht Race,[12]on which he is regarded as an authority.[13]

Mundle is credited with introducing theLaserandJ24class 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 theOrder of Australia Medal(OAM) for services to sailing and to journalism.[16][17]

Selected bibliography[edit]

  • Mundle, Rob;Billingham, Paul; Hardy, Sir James (2019).The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: The Story of a Sporting Icon.ABC Books.ISBN9780655632252.
  • Mundle, Rob(2019).Cook QBD.ABC Books.ISBN9780733340543.
  • Mundle, Rob(2017).Great South Land.ABC Books.ISBN9780733332371.
  • Mundle, Rob(2016).Under Full Sail.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9780733334696.
  • Mundle, Rob;Spithill, Jimmy (2019).50 nodi: Inseguendo la Coppa America.Tea.ISBN9788850249237.
  • Mundle, Rob(2015).Dampier, the Dutch and the Great South Land.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9781460705605.
  • Mundle, Rob(2014).The First Fleet.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9780733332364.
  • Mundle, Rob(2014).Captain James Cook: from Sailor to Legend.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9781460700617.
  • Mundle, Rob(2012).Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia.Hachette UK.ISBN9780733637384.
  • Mundle, Rob(2011).Bligh: Master Mariner.Hachette UK.ISBN9780733628467.
  • Mundle, Rob(2010).Bligh: Master Mariner.Hachette Australia.ISBN978-0-7336-2506-0.
  • Mundle, Rob(2010).Hell on High Seas: Amazing Stories of Survival Against the Odds.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9780732288839.
  • Mundle, Rob(2010).Ocean Warriors.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9780732272388.
  • Mundle, Rob(2006).Life at the Extreme: The Volvo Ocean Race Round the World 2005-2006.Nomad Press.ISBN9780977129485.
  • Mundle, Rob;Bond, Alan (2004).Alan Bond: My Story.HarperCollins Publishers Australia.ISBN9780732274955.
  • Mundle, Rob(2003).Ocean Warriors: The Thrilling Story of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Round the World.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9780060508081.
  • Mundle, Rob(1999).Fatal Storm: The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.HarperCollins Australia.ISBN9780732269234.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Rob Mundle".Harper Collins Australia.Retrieved7 July2020.
  2. ^"Books by Rob Mundle".booktopia.au.Archivedfrom the original on 9 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  3. ^"Captain Cook was a 'natural born sailor'".Sky News Australia.Archivedfrom the original on 8 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  4. ^"Captain Bligh set adrift by mutineers on this day in 1789".2GB.27 April 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 7 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  5. ^Woodhead, Cameron (21 January 2011)."Bligh: Master Mariner".The Sydney Morning Herald.Archivedfrom the original on 7 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  6. ^Australian Broadcasting Corporation (24 February 2011)."Rob Mundle talks ocean-racing, thrill chasing, and the great William Bligh".Conversations with Richard Fidler.Archivedfrom the original on 5 May 2018.Retrieved7 July2020.
  7. ^Willson, Reviewer: Robert (5 December 2014)."Book review: The First Fleet, by Rob Mundle".The Sydney Morning Herald.Archivedfrom the original on 9 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  8. ^"75 years of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race".ABC Radio.24 December 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 7 April 2022.Retrieved7 July2020.
  9. ^"Rob Mundle".Sailing World.Archivedfrom the original on 7 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  10. ^"Rob Mundle".ABC Radio National.9 December 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 7 April 2022.Retrieved7 July2020.
  11. ^"Adventures Weekly with Bob Fisher and Rob Mundle - The Original SINS".sail-world.Archivedfrom the original on 8 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  12. ^Rob, Mundle."Author Profile".Dymocks Books.Archivedfrom the original on 7 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  13. ^"Hoist a virtual spinnaker and relive this historic yacht's hair-raising Sydney to Hobart race without getting wet".abc.net.au.25 December 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 11 March 2021.Retrieved11 March2021.
  14. ^abRothfield, Mark (2013)."The write stuff".Club Marine Magazine Australia.28(4).Archivedfrom the original on 5 March 2021.Retrieved11 March2021.
  15. ^"Australian Honours Database".Archivedfrom the original on 7 April 2022.
  16. ^"Order of Australia Medal awarded to Rob Mundle and John Biffin".sail-world.Archivedfrom the original on 7 July 2020.Retrieved7 July2020.
  17. ^"Australian Honours Database".Archivedfrom the original on 7 April 2022.
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