Как перевести "the old man the boat"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence
A garden path sentence, such as "The old man the boat," is a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect; the reader is lured into a parse that turns out to be a dead end or yields a clearly unintended meaning. "Garden path" refers to the saying "to be led down [or up] the garden path", meaning to be deceived, tricked, or seduced.
Так что все грамматически правильно, несмотря на первый взгляд =) Другие примеры "странных предложений":
1 )"The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families".
2) "The horse raced past the barn fell".

Ваше предложение составлено именно в этой манере. Подробнее - по ссылке.