Hilarious moment man desperately tries to stop his boat
A Queensland man has been left stranded on rocks after falling from his tinnie boat on the phone to his sick mother.
The man was coaching a rowing team in a Gold Coast canal and thought he had put the boat in neutral before it kicked in to gear.
The boat can be seen driving around in circles as the man continually attempts to stop it.
A Queensland man has been left stranded on rocks after falling from his tinnie boat on the phone to his sick mother
The man was coaching a rowing team in a Gold Coast canal and thought he had put the boat in neutral before it kicked in to gear
The man can be seen attempting to jump into the vessel several times, but continually is knocked back and falls into the water.
Water police arrived on the scene to help rescue the man and stop the boat.
'He thought he had the boat in neutral but in fact it was in gear, so when he grabbed the throttle to take off he's accidentally fallen in,' an officer told Nine News.
The man was retrieved and treated by medical staff once he was safe back on shore
The boat can be seen driving around in circles as the man continually attempts to stop it
The rowing team the man was coaching helplessly watched as the situation got more serious.
'He tried to stop it a couple of times but it looked really dangerous, so we just wanted to get him away from it,' a rower said.
The man was retrieved and treated by medical staff once he was safe back on shore.