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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]

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  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. 1 2 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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