Jason Varley will be responsible for the steering components of the boat as well as managing the weight distribution and placement of the subsystems.

A number of issues with the 2019 design was based around weight distribution, where the center of balance for the sprint configuration was in front of the center of balance for the endurance configuration. The goal this year is to get these center of balances in a better position to achieve a displacement hull for endurance and a planing hull for sprint. Additionally, this year we will be directly steering outboard motors instead of using rudders as previous years had done. This will allow us to have a greater turning radius, as well decrease the drag that was created by the rudders. We plan on having a motor turning radius of 60 degrees. This will allow for quicker turns while also considering the safety of the skippers. I will be implementing a custom T-bar and chain and sprocket to achieve an appropriate turning ratio between the steering wheel and motor.