The costly moment a Perth captain misjudged the Stirling Bridge has gone viral after viewers were left dumbfounded over the skipper’s mistake.

The clip was originally posted by kellygrowswealth on Monday to TikTok and quickly gained 238,000 views — but it was reposted to X later that night by another user and that blew up with more than five million views.

It depicts a yacht taking a cruise on the Swan River, with a woman up front imitating Rose from the Titanic while they quickly narrowed in on the Stirling Bridge, with playful screams and woman in the background shouting “oh my god”.

The ship’s captain, who drove the yacht straight towards the bridge, was clearly sceptical but confident over the clearance, with the video text reading “Captain said it would be close, get your cameras

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