Four miles an hour, and not a minute sooner.
Drag anything along the cut. Locks force 70 m of straight either side, bridges 26 m — that is why she reshapes as you move them.
Turn her sideways — a narrowboat steers better in landscape.
No trip saved yet
P to carry on · K save · L load
| W / S | Throttle ahead / astern (notch by notch) |
| Space | Engine straight to neutral |
| A / D | Steer to port / starboard — the tiller swings the other way |
| E | Work the lock (a lock-keeper sets it for you) |
| Q | Wind the paddles at the near end of the lock |
| G | Swing the gates at the near end of the lock |
| F | Moor up / cast off — stopped, out of gear, alongside the towpath |
| C | Cycle camera: chase · helm · roof · drone |
| Drag the water | Look around — hold the left mouse button and drag. Where you leave it is where it stays, and each camera remembers its own view |
| R | Recover the boat back to mid-channel |
| B | Key card on screen while you steer |
| P / Esc | Pause, and the save and load buttons |
| K / L | Save the trip / pick it up again |
| M | Mute / unmute |
| H | Close this panel |
| Left stick | The tiller — where you hold it is where the tiller sits |
| Right stick | Look around — peek from chase, turn your head at the helm or on the roof, spin and lift the drone |
| RT / LT | Throttle ahead / astern, a notch at a time (or the D-pad) |
| A · B | Work the lock · engine to neutral |
| X · Y | Moor or cast off · camera |
| LB · RB | Paddles · gates |
| Back · Start | Key card · this help |
| Stick clicks | Mute · recover to mid-channel |
Press a button after plugging in — a browser hides a pad until it sees one. Casting off still wants a click, because that is the gesture the browser accepts to start the engine noise.
| Left thumb | The tiller — drag anywhere on the wheel, not just the knob |
| Right thumb | Throttle ahead / astern / neutral, a notch at a time |
| The button that appears | Whatever there is to do right there — work a lock, moor up, cast off |
| Drag the water | Look around, the same as the right stick does on a pad |
| ⟲ · ❚❚ · ? | Camera · pause, with save and load · this help |