Gets messing about in boats (7)

I believe the answer is:

obtains

'gets' is the definition.
(obtaining is a kind of getting)

'messing about in boats' is the wordplay.
'messing about' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'boats'='inboats'
'inboats' anagrammed gives 'OBTAINS'.

(Other definitions for obtains that I've seen before include "Authority" , "Gets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.

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