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.