This week, the bleary-eyed crew on an 80-foot fishing boat got a runaround they were clearly unprepared for. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police posted about the incident on its Facebook page.

An $8 million vessel, the Jamie Marie, was docked in Westport, Washington when a man suddenly boarded and woke them up. He acted like a real authority, encouraging the crew get going. He even fired up the boat’s engine and steered it to clear the Grays Harbor bar.

The boat crew didn’t know him, but figured with that attitude, he must be someone in charge 

Soon enough, though, they realized the guy just wasn’t making much sense. He seemed to be talking gibberish, including intending to meet up with the “Chinese Mothership.” “He certainly was not describing fishing activity,” the WDFW said.

Someone called the real captain, who confirmed to the crew that whoever was leading them out to sea was a complete phony. Westport police got a call shortly after the realization.

The fake captain eventually agreed to navigate back to port. Authorities then arrested him. They found $4,000 in cash and a “large quantity” of pre-measured and packaged marijuana.

It wasn’t the first vessel the pretend captain tried to steal that day

Another crew shared that the same guy broke into their boat in the early morning hours. He fired up the main engines without assistance but failed to rally the crew into setting off. They said they chased him away. Due to the early hour and the imposter’s lack of success, they didn’t immediately report the event.