GTA Chinatown Wars: Missed the Boat? Walkthrough

GTA Chinatown Wars walkthrough · Rival gangs and Heston’s investigation

Collect Kenny’s shipment in Missed the Boat? Restart the unreliable engine, reach the rendezvous and evade the Coast Guard on the return.

Guide number
26 of 58 in this route
Contact
Wu "Kenny" Lee
Starting location
Kenny's Warehouse in East Island City, Dukes
Mission type
Main story mission

Story progress: Street of Rage. Check incoming PDA messages after completing the required branches.

The stalled boat’s engine-restart minigame
Missed the Boat? — GTA Chinatown Wars

Mission walkthrough

  1. Board the boat promptly

    Go to the nearby jetty and take the marked boat. The rendezvous has a deadline tied to the mission’s start time, so use the time displayed in your game. Do not copy a clock time from another playthrough.

  2. Handle engine stalls

    The boat can stall during the journey. Complete the restart minigame using the displayed pull-cord controls, then resume the route. Repeatedly holding the throttle without finishing the interaction will not restart it.

  3. Complete the rendezvous

    Head directly to the mobsters’ boat and approach its marker before they leave. Ignore unrelated waterfront incidents on the way. Let the transfer scene finish before turning back toward Kenny’s jetty.

  4. Lose the Coast Guard

    Break away from the patrol boats, then follow the delivery instruction. Avoid running aground while making sharp evasive turns, and be ready for another engine restart. Reach the jetty with the cargo to finish.

Key point

Budget time for engine failures. The boat is intentionally unreliable, so react to the restart prompt immediately.