Halsem

Walk to your boat and press E to board, then E again at the wheel or the tiller to take the helm.

At the helm, G hoists or lowers the sails and A D steer. F1 shows every control.

With the engine off, W sheets the sails in and S eases them. Space hands the trim back to auto.

Q starts or stops the engine, and W S then set the throttle: for the harbour and calms. The Omega has no engine.

The bridges at Mikołajki leave under 5 m. Lower the mast first: B at the helm, step by step, sails down and engine on. The Omega's mast stays up.

Behind the forest and the high banks the wind drops and turns shifty. You can see it: the water there lies calmer.

The red and green buoys float where the real ones do. They mark the channel; keep your hull clear of them.

Sailing with others, you share the lake's wind and time of day, and every sailor's name shows above their boat.