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*yawn

first thought, he went in too fast.

Always approach the dock at the speed at which you'd like to hit it.

FOOL

You should have lubed that up first

Nice shorts buddy

Baby Panama canal. Where is this?

Chiming in with every one else. It seems that when motor boaters turn their engines on, they turn their brains off as if that motor is going to do the thinking for the driver.

What? No pics of the very likely dent / roughed up side rail? ? Me thinks the skippers buddy has seen these boating skills before. . Hit the side? Going too fast? O well!

Easy does it and Fenders anyone? Gotta love those shorts!

People shouldn't be allowed to have thrusters until they've learned how to properly handle a boat with a single fixed pitch prop.

Please Sir get a long pair of shorts. For all our sakes

What's the biggest boat that can fit in that lock I wonder??

Can you see alright ? Yeh CRASH !!

Captain was distracted by them sweet legs on shore...

The 80's called, they want their shorts back.

Classic example of more money than brains.... My father never allowed the owners at the helm.. He was the Master, not the owner.

I remember coming down the Grand Union canal in my first canal boat. A 29ft fibreglass cabin cruiser. I came along the canal to a big wide part which was about five canal widths wide. It went wide to my right and in the opposite right hand corner was a lock. I tried about five times to steer right into the open lock slowly but there was no hedge on the right bank and there was a strong wind blowing from the right. Everytime i slowed to steer into the lock the wind blew the bow left away from the lock. In the end it was a bit of a kamikaze run at the lock. My entry was similar to yours. 'Almost', but not quite, but close enough!

I did yell LEFT A BIT, but you obviously didn't hear me.

Why didn't the guy on the bow use bumpers for the pilot....just not good boating skills. It's not the lock masters job to keep crafts off the walls.

He wears short shorts ....😮

NO STEERSMAN THIS

LMAO

classic overcompensation

What's the hurry mate? Tea getting cold below deck?

Bad boatsmanship, but simply fantastic shorts

Speed kills. You approached the lock too fast. By the way, the thruster would have little or no effect at that speed.

Where on the canal is this lock? We've been from castlenaudra to agde

That lazy good for nothing fool up on the wall should have helped guide the boat in with a guide rope. But the boat was also going way to fast.

So what does the "Captain" ?? Have to say for himself??

Damn he has on those Tom Selicks! Jack Tripper stunt double short wearin a**!

Slow down..

What current

Try slowing down it works wonders.

Well I'll blame him, Ed. Anyone can wind up bumping the sides of a tight canal like that, sure. But what you DONT do is come in so hot. This guy came racing in at high speed, with predictable results. Very not smart.

Can't really blame you. Anyone one who has operated a boat that size in a current knows it's not easy to thread the needle like that. That's why rub rails are standard issue! Can't be perfect everytime.