Yachting Queensland Junior / Youth Sailing Camp   The Yachting Queensland Junior and Youth Camp will be held prior to Sail Brisbane at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron from 6-8 December (inclusive). Coaches for the camp will be Mark Tonner-Joyce and Lauren Jeffries. All dinghy classes are invited with youth classes strongly encouraged. Camp information sheets and enrolment forms are attached to link below.   http://www.qldyachting.org.au/event.asp?ID=13167&format=popup&MenuID=Website+Administration/17/20,Edit+Main+Menu/10462/0     Sail Brisbane   Sail Brisbane will be held at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron from 9-12 December (inclusive). Contact Peter Beard at RQYS for further details 07 3396 8666. The Notice of Race is attached to the link below   http://www.rqys.com.au/wp-content/uploads/NOR%20Sail%20Brisbane%2020065.pdf     YQ Welcomes New Board Members   Yachting Queensland welcomes new Board Members elected at the Annual General Meeting on 25 October 2006. Yachting Queensland Executive Board:   Dr Dayle Smith (Chairman)         Queensland Cruising Yacht Club Mr David McLean                       Southport Yacht Club Mr Grant Somerville                    Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Ms Odile Anderson                    Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Mr Greg Clarke                          Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Mr Glen Somerville                     Queensland Cruising Yacht Club Ms Judy O’Donoghue                 Bundaberg Cruising Yacht Club Mr David Thomson                     Maroochy Sailing Club   Yachting Queensland would also like to extend our thanks to Paul Effeney, Chris White, Vern Larsen and Phil Smailes for their time and contribution to the YQ board.     Partnerships Help Protect Marine Park   Australian and Queensland Government agencies and regional natural resource management bodies have teamed up in a new partnership focussing on water quality monitoring and reporting. This collaboration is a key part of the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan), a 10-year strategy to halt and reverse the decline in the quality of water entering the Marine Park. http://www.qldyachting.org.au/?Page=26496&MenuID=Website+Administration%2F17%2F20     Navy Lifestyle Internet Site   The Royal Australian Navy has unveiled its newest weapon in the fierce battle for trade apprentices today - the Navy Lifestyle Internet site.   Prospective recruits will benefit from this website that uses computer animation to showcase a typical "day in the life" of a sailor on board an Anzac Class frigate.   http://www.qldyachting.org.au/?Page=26498&MenuID=Website+Administration%2F17%2F20   Navy Initiative – Extreme Battleships Internet Game Battleships Extreme was launched on 21 SEPT 2006. The game can only be played through Ninemsn (Windows Live) Messenger. The purpose of the game is to generate interest in Navy Careers. The Australian Defence Force is the first advertiser in the world to build a messenger game as a marketing tool. As such Ninemsn have given Defence free media for the first three months of the game and may extend this indefinitely if the game proves popular. This can be accessed through www.ninemsn.com.au and follow the links to messenger. http://www.qldyachting.org.au/?Page=26499&MenuID=Website+Administration%2F17%2F20     Positions Vacant   Keppel Bay Sailing Club   Sailing Development Officer The position of Sailing Development Officer is to develop, prepare, promote and deliver a range of high quality coaching and training programs for club members and the community and manage the clubs training centre.   Trainee Sailing Instructor (12 month Scholarship)  The position of Trainee Sailing Instructor is a 12 month scholarship for a recent school-leaver.      http://www.qldyachting.org.au/?Page=26437&MenuID=Website+Administration%2F17%2F20     Cruising Yacht Club of Australia   Sailing Administrator The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the nation’s premier ocean racing club requires a competent, committed and self-motivated person to work in its race management operations. Experience from a previous sailing administration background will be well regarded.   http://www.qldyachting.org.au/default.asp?Page=26068     Snorkel Opens Underwater World for Asthmatics   A snorkel built to carry an inhaler could open up a whole new undersea world for asthmatics.   The Australian-developed MediDive Asthma Freedom Snorkel houses the puffer cannister within a silicon chamber attached to the mask, giving asthma sufferers easy access to medication at the press of a button.   http://www.qldyachting.org.au/?Page=26637&MenuID=Website+Administration%2F17%2F20     USA – Australia Americas Cup Rematch Off   The much anticipated rematch between 'Big Bad' Dennis Conner and Australia's John Bertrand, who famously took the America's Cup from the New York Yacht Club's skipper in 1983, is not going to happen at next week's 2006 Audi Etchells Worlds in Fremantle.   The Chairman of the Race committee Brian Thornley today has confirmed that Conner has pulled out of the regatta for undisclosed health reasons.   http://www.qldyachting.org.au/?Page=26638&MenuID=Website+Administration%2F17%2F20     Upcoming Events - November     Cock o’the River 11 November 2006 – The Southport School             http://www.qldyachting.org.au/event.asp?ID=13022&format=popup   John McNamara Memorial Race 11 November 2006 – Runaway Bay Yacht Club http://www.qldyachting.org.au/event.asp?ID=12766&format=popup