Completely Avoidable (But Hilarious) Boating Fails

Another One Bites the Dust

This speedboat was yet another victim of not being able to clear the objective. Instead of soaring over the objective, they laded right on top of it. That's definitely embarrassing.

An Expensive Mistake

This person launched their extremely expensive yacht onto some pointy rocks... While that was most likely not their intention, it isn't going to be a cheap fix!

The More You Know

The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
A solar powered, self-filling water bottle has been invented for bike riders that condenses atmospheric moisture to automatically fill the bottle.
In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.