Peter Montgomery: The Voice of Yachting by Bill Francis

Four decades behind New Zealand's yachting voice

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For more than forty years, Peter Montgomery was a familiar presence on New Zealand radio and television, helping to bring sailing from the water's edge into the national mainstream. Bill Francis traces the broadcaster's career through the great milestones of modern yachting and his relationships with leading figures including Peter Blake, Chris Dickson, Russell Coutts, Dean Barker, Michael Fay and Grant Dalton. The biography also follows Montgomery beyond sailing into his wider sports broadcasting career and explores the personal experiences that shaped the man behind the celebrated voice. It is both a record of an extraordinary media career and a portrait of New Zealand yachting's rise on the world stage.