With a nod, he starts toward The Invincible. Definitely worth a look, for their own protection.

"Never tried," he admits. "They're not common where I'm from. Sailing ships, mostly. But I can probably figure it out if it's not too far removed."

The technology that the Helix Station employs is so far beyond what he's used to seeing that it could well be very far removed, unfortunately. But it also doesn't seem like that much of a stretch to hope that the general gist of the controls are still based on those of the other ships he's handled, except with a third dimension added. There will be some sort of wheel or stick, perhaps, for the rudder, and while he hasn't ever captained a ship that had a power source of its own rather than relying on the wind, the concepts must still be the same. If anything, the handling might be better without sails and masts.

So, no, he doesn't know how, but his modest confidence in being able to work something out is genuine.