14-year-old Jonathan Earnshaw designs electronic countdown device for sailing dinghies. – Vintage Photograph

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14-year-old Jonathan Earnshaw of Oxford, England has designed an electronic countdown device for sailing dinghies that could revolutionize racing. The device, which has a digital display and will replace the usual stopwatch, was developed with guidance from Geoff Fenwick, head of the physics department at Cherwell School. Jonathan has entered the device in two national design competitions and is currently working on the prototype.14-year-old Jonathan Earnshaw of Oxford, England has designed an electronic countdown device for sailing dinghies that could revolutionize racing. The device, which has a digital display and will replace the usual stopwatch, was developed with guidance from Geoff Fenwick, head of the physics department at Cherwell School. Jonathan has entered the device in two national design competitions and is currently working on the prototype.

Dimensions: 17 x 17 cm

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SCHOOLBOY Jonathan Earnshaw is only 14, but he’s a real wizard with electronics. Jonathan (pictured above) has designed an electronic countdown device to help sailing din- ghies get off to a good start in races- and it could be a real winner. Mr Geoff Fenwick, head of the physics department at Cherwell School, Oxford, where Jonathan is a pupil, said the device had a digital display and would be mounted on the dinghy, replacing the usual stop- watch. “There is nothing like it on the market,” he said. “This is going to be a very marketable device and we are going to have to patent it.” Mr Fenwick said he had given advice and guidance 17 but Jonathan of Lakeside, Oxford, done the work on his own. nau Contests He is still working on the prototype and intends to have it ready for testing before the finals of two national design competi- tions. The device has been entered in a Design Council for Schools competition, which will be judged in the summer. It has also been entered for the national Young Engineer for Britain com- petition, run by the Department of Industry, which aims to talents of young inventors and designers. The reg- ional final will be held in London on July 8. uncover 702 -7 MAY 1981