There is no (easy) way to retrieve a boat (in MCPE) once it is placed in water. This behavior is particularly bothersome when you have a pet on board with you. If you try to bash on the boat with anything, you board it instead of retrieving it. The only way I've found to retrieve the boat is to set it on fire, which of couse damages (kills, if you're not quick with the water bucket) the poor animal. Do we need a "Retrieve" button, say if you have an axe in hand?
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Hi Toby, you can retrieve a boat (breaking it and dropping a boat item), by tapping the boat several times in a row (don't hit the board button!). You will see the boat rocking back and forth more and more as you do this. This is the same way that a minecart is retrieved. Any mob inside the boat will pop out. I'll resolve this ticket as Works As Intended, but comment again if there's a problem. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 MCPE 0.11.1
See MCPE-8895 discussion for context.