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

He is the author of some 19 books, 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 . Since publishing those biographies Mundle is regarded as a contemporary authority on James Cook, William Bligh and Mathew Flinders.

Mundle began sailing as a boy. After finishing school he became a cadet journalist at Australia's national newspaper The Australian which led to a career as a noted nautical commentator in print, radio and television   and to him becoming known as 'the voice of sailing'.

Since the 1980s he has covered the America's Cup, sailing in the Olympics and the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

In 2013 Mundle was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to sailing and to journalism.

Selected bibliography

 * The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: The Story of a Sporting Icon. Rob Mundle, Paul Billingham, Sir James Hardy. ABC Books, 18 Nov 2019.
 * Cook QBD. ABC Books, 18 Mar 2019.
 * Great South Land. ABC Books, 2 Nov 2017.
 * Under Full Sail. HarperCollins Australia, 1 Nov 2016.
 * 50 nodi: Inseguendo la Coppa America. Jimmy Spithill, Rob Mundle. Tea. 2019.
 * Dampier, the Dutch and the Great South Land. HarperCollins Australia, 1 Nov 2015.
 * The First Fleet. HarperCollins Australia, 1 Oct 2014.
 * Captain James Cook: from Sailor to Legend. HarperCollins Australia, 1 Aug 2014.
 * Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia. Hachette UK, 30 Oct 2012
 * Bligh: Master Mariner. Hachette UK, 29 Aug 2011.
 * Hell on High Seas: Amazing Stories of Survival Against the Odds. HarperCollins Australia, 1 Nov 2010.
 * Ocean Warriors. HarperCollins Australia, 1 Sep 2010.
 * Life at the Extreme: The Volvo Ocean Race Round the World 2005-2006. Nomad Press, 1 Nov 2006.
 * Alan Bond: My Story. Alan Bond, Rob Mundle. HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 24 Nov 2004.
 * Ocean Warriors: The Thrilling Story of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Round the World. HarperCollins, 7 Jan 2003.
 * Fatal Storm: The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. HarperCollins Australia, 1999.